Circular route in the Morialmé and Saint-Aubin forest

A bit of history:

The straight section linking (2) to (6) (without passing through (3) and (5)) follows the route of the old L135 railway line, which once connected Walcourt to Florennes via Fraire, as well as between Morialmé and Saint-Aubin. This line formed part (along with the line connecting Morialmé to Châtelineau – the MC line) of the infrastructure established to facilitate the transport of iron ore.

According to the Morialmé Mining Charter of 1384, there was a village named Fraire-la-Petite in the vicinity of (13). It appears to have been decimated at the end of the 14th century by an outbreak of the plague. In 1854, the Military Procession of Saint-Pierre was inaugurated in Morialmé (classified, like the other military and folk marches of the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region, as part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). A few years later, the Chapel of Saint-Pierre, a remnant of the village of Fraire-la-Petite, was rebuilt/restored to serve as a stopping point for the procession, which takes place every year on 29 June (if it falls on a Sunday) or the following Sunday.

Picnic tables at (7) and (11).
The paths and trails are clearly visible, so they are used very regularly... but we only encountered (on a weekday, in spring, in fine weather) one hiker and one mountain biker along the entire route.