The last child of Rottumeroog. Wiepke Toxopeus: ‘It was only later that I realized how special my childhood had been.’

The laws of the mudflats are unpredictable. This became apparent last weekend at Ameland. Wiepke Toxopeus from Groningen knows this better than anyone. The now uninhabited island of Rottumeroog was the place where she grew up, which gave her her lifelong passion for mudflat hiking. “It was only later that I realized how special my childhood had been.”

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