(7) Turnstile: turn right just after the horse paddock... and not before.
The deforested hillsides in the Waharday, Chéoux and Hodister area have been repopulated with various species of shrubs, notably broom, which has taken root there in their thousands.
When they flower in May, they light up the whole area with their characteristic magnificent yellow colour.
The icing on the cake is that the numerous meadows are also illuminated in yellow by buttercups.
A real feast for the eyes.
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 9.93 mi
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Average duration: 5h 25
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Difficulty: Moderate
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Back to start: Yes
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Ascent: + 965 ft
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Descent: - 981 ft
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Highest point: 1,421 ft
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Lowest point: 853 ft
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Country: Belgium
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Area: Massif des Ardennes
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City: Rendeux
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Start/End: N 50.227461° / E 5.460615°
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Description of the walk
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 1,155 ft - Waharday picnic shelter
- 1 : mi 0.53 - alt. 1,289 ft - Wood
- 2 : mi 1.21 - alt. 1,237 ft - Sharp fork
- 3 : mi 1.97 - alt. 971 ft - At Gros Chêne
- 4 : mi 2.58 - alt. 876 ft - Chéoux
- 5 : mi 3.28 - alt. 1,089 ft - Cross
- 6 : mi 3.65 - alt. 1,188 ft - Y-junction
- 7 : mi 4.41 - alt. 1,230 ft - Turnstile
- 8 : mi 4.67 - alt. 1,325 ft - Bati Houba
- 9 : mi 5.19 - alt. 1,407 ft - Electricity point
- 10 : mi 6.01 - alt. 1,375 ft - Han du Wé
- 11 : mi 7.12 - alt. 1,053 ft - Route
- 12 : mi 7.88 - alt. 1,273 ft - Right-angle crossroads
- 13 : mi 8.71 - alt. 1,293 ft - Four-pronged fork
- 14 : mi 9.14 - alt. 1,283 ft - Crossroads
- 15 : mi 9.54 - alt. 1,119 ft - Houbompré stream
- S/E : mi 9.93 - alt. 1,155 ft - Waharday picnic shelter
Notes
There are no shops along the route, but there is a drinking fountain behind the church in the Chéoux cemetery and two picnic shelters along the route: one at the starting point and the other at La Journalle, on the hillside on the outskirts of Chéoux.
Worth a visit
Things to see on the last 3 kilometres: a few educational panels on forest life, the Hêtre à la Vierge du Fays beech tree, an educational pond and a mini arboretum.
Other walks in the area
The Hermitage of St-Thibaut
In search of a lost cross in Rendeux
Around Rendeux
Walk to the sources of the Hédrée from Lignières
The wooded heights of the Ourthe river at the start of Hotton
Hotton, a typical village in La Famenne
Geological trail in the Fond des Vaulx nature reserve
From Chlorophylle to La Houssière
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