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Park in the Froideval car park.
Yellow Ring signposting.
(S/E) Walk down the cul-de-sac and cross the Haute-Saône Canal.
(1) Turn right onto the path that crosses the River La Douce and climbs into the forest. (Do not take the green corridor that runs alongside the canal.) Halfway up the climb, look out for the junction at a hairpin bend in the path.
(2) Turn left. Walk through the forest and, after passing under a power line, you’ll reach the first houses in Botans. Pass four small streets on your right and turn right towards Dorans onto the D9 Rue de Dorans.
(3) Pass the Botans Agricultural Museum. Continue straight on, crossing the bridge over the N1019 expressway.
(4) Immediately afterwards, turn left and take a track that runs alongside the expressway below.
(5) When you reach the D18, turn left, passing under the expressway and over the A36 motorway.
(6) Turn left immediately after the motorway and then left again to follow the Coulée Verte, which runs alongside the Canal de la Haute Saône.
Note: you can take a short detour to see the canal bridge that crosses the River Savoureuse. In this case, at point (6), take the Coulée Verte on the right heading south. The canal bridge is 200 m away. Then retrace your steps.
(7) Cross the D9 Rue du Port and head straight ahead to pass under the A36 motorway. Continue straight on until you reach the first bridge over the canal that you passed on the way out.
(1) Do not go under the bridge but head slightly to the left, then turn right to go over the canal and return to the starting car park (S/E).
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