Broom walk from Waharday

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.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.93 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 965 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 981 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,421 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 853 ft

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Description of the walk

(7) Turnstile: turn right just after the horse paddock... and not before.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 1,155 ft - Waharday picnic shelter
  2. 1 : mi 0.53 - alt. 1,289 ft - Wood
  3. 2 : mi 1.21 - alt. 1,237 ft - Sharp fork
  4. 3 : mi 1.97 - alt. 971 ft - At Gros Chêne
  5. 4 : mi 2.58 - alt. 876 ft - Chéoux
  6. 5 : mi 3.28 - alt. 1,089 ft - Cross
  7. 6 : mi 3.65 - alt. 1,188 ft - Y-junction
  8. 7 : mi 4.41 - alt. 1,230 ft - Turnstile
  9. 8 : mi 4.67 - alt. 1,325 ft - Bati Houba
  10. 9 : mi 5.19 - alt. 1,407 ft - Electricity point
  11. 10 : mi 6.01 - alt. 1,375 ft - Han du Wé
  12. 11 : mi 7.12 - alt. 1,053 ft - Route
  13. 12 : mi 7.88 - alt. 1,273 ft - Right-angle crossroads
  14. 13 : mi 8.71 - alt. 1,293 ft - Four-pronged fork
  15. 14 : mi 9.14 - alt. 1,283 ft - Crossroads
  16. 15 : mi 9.54 - alt. 1,119 ft - Houbompré stream
  17. 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.

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