Over Hill and Dale - question regarding hiking

[SailingMeeple]

So, last night I played a game of Over Hill and Dale for the first time. The rules were in German (not our first language) but I think we muddled through pretty well. Just to confirm though: when you extend your road and you choose to have your wanderer take a hike, you can choose which way you let your wanderer hike; it doesn't have to be a hike to the newly-placed tile.

So, if you take the example given in the rules in 3b, if red were to extend the road again in a subsequent turn, it can choose to hike to the newly placed tile, scoring just 1 point, or it can choose to hike to the starting point of the road, scoring 3 points. So, if you're lucky enough to be able to make a long road, you could potentially score this road a bunch of times by choosing to hike this road whenever you extend it.

Is this correct?

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[wolnic]

All of the spin-off rules (in English) are on Wikicarpedia ...

https://wikicarpedia.com/car/Over_Hill_and_Dale_Base_Game

Still might not definitely answer your question. But it would be my understanding that you are correct with your interpretation.

As an aside, I'm not quite sure how the blue hiker managed to get onto that road (assuming these are the only tiles in play).

[SailingMeeple]

Thanks, wolnic! Yeah, I checked the English rules when I got home but wanted to make sure I understood it correctly.
So, thanks for your take on this rule as well. 

It's an interesting rule though that could easily be used for different variants as well.

And I'm with you: no clue how the blue hiker managed to get onto that road. Looks like that hiker got lost.