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Start: Start in the car park opposite the church.
(S/E) Leave with your back to the Starter café and take the D217 road to Ruminghem.
(1) At the public school, turn right into Rue de la Paix.
(2) At the stop sign, cross the road and continue straight ahead, still on Rue de la Paix.
(3) After 550m, turn left into Rue de la Belle Vue, which is uphill.
(4) At the farm, keep right on the path which continues to climb.
After the curve in the undergrowth, you'll come to the Notre-Dame farm buildings.
(5) Continue straight ahead on the road up to the reservoir.
(6) Leave the tarmac road and turn right onto the dirt track.
After 700m, when you reach vegetation, stop and turn around.
On your left, you'll see Tournehem at the foot of the plateau. Opposite, there's the Tournehem forest. Above the plateau, but not visible, is Boulogne, 40 Km away. To the right of the plateau, you'll see the Fiennes wind turbines.
Behind you, on your right as you follow the path, is the coastline with Dunkirk and the Gravelines power station.
A little further on are two concrete walls; one is a former V1 launch pad. Following on from the two walls, you can make out London, 175km away as the crow flies.
(7) Go back down the Communal to the village in front of you. Admire the landscape once again. At the bottom you reach a tarmac road.
(8) Go left for 450m.
At the crossroads, bear left to take the "Saint-Gilles Est" path.
This asphalt road becomes a dirt track. Continue straight ahead.
(9) Cross the D219 and continue along the dirt track.
At the end of the T-junction, turn left uphill to reach the entrance to the Eperlecques forest.
Enter the forest and continue uphill.
(10) At the fork (no-entry sign 200m ahead), turn left to join the D219.
(11) Continue straight ahead on the road. Be very careful
(12) After 800m, turn left into Rue de la Panne. (no other option)
Beautiful view of the entire coastline. On the left, the white buildings show Calais. Opposite, with its six reactors, is the Gravelines power plant, then continuing to the right, are the cranes of the western port of Dunkirk, Solac and the port of Dunkirk. You're looking at 40km of coastline.
(6) The path takes you back to the Notre Dame farm.
(5) Take the dirt track between the farm and the farm machinery building. This is the same path you took on the outward journey.
You'll reach the Belle-Vue farm with its panoramic view of the coastline.
(4) At the farm, continue left (opposite is a private road).
(3) At the bottom, join the asphalt road, which you follow to the right.
(2) At the stop sign, go straight ahead.
(1) At the school- town hall, turn left to reach the church and the starting point (S/E) .
