Circular in Brabant starting from Bossut

The villages of Bossut and Gottechain were merged in 1811 to form the municipality of Bossut-Gottechain. The 1977 municipal reform incorporated both into the entity of Grez-Doiceau.
With this little page of Belgian history turned, the walk starts from the square in Bossut and takes you on a route that is more rural in Wallonia and more wooded in Flanders (Meerdaalbos), another Belgian story as the route straddles the two neighbouring provinces of Brabant.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 12.66 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Difficult

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 696 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 686 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 361 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 121 ft

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 305 ft - Place de Bossut
  2. 1 : mi 0.51 - alt. 292 ft - Rue des Meuniers
  3. 2 : mi 1.63 - alt. 249 ft - Deciduous forest
  4. 3 : mi 2 - alt. 285 ft - Votive elm tree
  5. 4 : mi 3.25 - alt. 144 ft - Nethen, church and cemetery
  6. 5 : mi 4.68 - alt. 338 ft - Deciduous forest
  7. 6 : mi 6.2 - alt. 269 ft - Meerdael Forest
  8. 7 : mi 8.3 - alt. 269 ft - Fork towards Saint-Corneille
  9. 8 : mi 9.35 - alt. 279 ft - Chaussée de Namur, N91
  10. 9 : mi 10.56 - alt. 312 ft - Rue de Linsmeau
  11. 10 : mi 11.62 - alt. 302 ft - Gottechain
  12. 11 : mi 12.26 - alt. 210 ft - N25
  13. S/E : mi 12.66 - alt. 305 ft - Place de Bossut

Notes

No shops or restaurants along the route.
There is only one picnic table at the edge of the forest shortly before km 11.

Worth a visit

Leuven, a beautiful city that is well worth a visit

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