Countryside and forest in Brabant around Pécrot-Nethen

Date of your route : Jul 28, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little walk, mostly under the cover of trees, just peace and quiet and nature. We did it in two hours. It's just difficult to park at the start, as the station car park is very small and the street has a sharp bend, so it's easiest to come by train ;-)

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Date of your route : Oct 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Not very busy except for a section at Nethen with quite a few horse riders and mountain bikes on the small trails

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Date of your route : Jul 28, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The walk is great but the route isn't up to date. Follow the yellow and red GR markers, not the blue and yellow PR markers (which don't exist on the hike). At one point, the route sends you to the left (opposite number 72). The path no longer exists because a private property has been built there. Continue straight ahead and you will arrive at the intended destination.

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Date of your route : Jun 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Nice hike, but mostly in the shade, no spectacular views. Due to heavy rain, there was a lot of mud. And in the forest, between points 4 and 5, the trail was completely ruined by mountain bikes. The prettiest part, in my opinion, was between 5 and 7, which I really enjoyed.

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Date of your route : May 19, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

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Date of your route : Aug 24, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

It is with great pleasure that I leave a 5-star review this time! We did the walk again without getting lost, accompanied by a couple of friends whom we wanted to introduce to this lovely route. Mission accomplished! We all enjoyed this pleasant walk.
(However, a few details need to be added to the description to prevent new visitors from taking the wrong path.)

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Date of your route : Jul 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant walk... Beautiful countryside and pretty woodland. - But a few minor comments: we quickly lost our way and had to retrace our steps... Even at point 1 of the description, it wasn't clear - when you turn left as indicated, you walk along a meadow... We thought this wasn't right because the description said to 'stay in the woods'... So we continued straight ahead, hoping to find the path on the left that would stay in the woods! We finally had to turn back because, unfortunately, we came to a road...
At point 2 of the description, we didn't have a view of the Nethen valley and the village.... If it's the Chemin des Etiques that you have to take (the one that goes down towards the village), we think it would have been a good idea to indicate its name..... We went further (too far) and had to ask for directions to the village and the church (the village and church were not visible from where we were, due to too much vegetation and new buildings...)
Point 3, it is not very clear how to find the Savanel road. It does say 'turn right in front of Nethen church' onto Rue de Bossut, but it does not say that you also need to take the Hamme-Mille road, which takes you to the square in front of the municipal library
In our opinion, points 1, 2 and 3 of the description should be much more precise... No problem with the following points.
We only encountered a woman walking her dog and a cyclist during our three-hour walk. It was very quiet for a Sunday afternoon. We will happily do this walk again now that we know the route!

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Date of your route : Apr 05, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Great hike offering varied and pleasant landscapes.

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Date of your route : Feb 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

beautiful route, woods and meadows, little road traffic

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Date of your route : Nov 11, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Two comments on the directions for the walk:

1. At the very beginning, it says to take Rue Wauters and turn right after 50 metres. In fact, you should not turn right, but simply follow the road. Follow the instructions from "opposite house no. 19 ...".
2. In front of St Jean Baptiste church, you do need to turn right onto Route de Bossut, but after 200 metres, turn left onto Route de Hamme-Mille, which leads to Chemin de Savanel (just after the municipal library, on the left).

The rest is spot on!

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Date of your route : Mar 12, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A pleasant and easy walk through woods, fields and small villages. We started the walk between points 3 and 4. There is a fairly large car park in front of the municipal library in Nethen.

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Date of your route : Feb 08, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

We did the tour on a Saturday (the only sunny day of the week) and encountered a lot of mountain bikes. If possible, it is best to avoid this hike on weekends.

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Date of your route : Dec 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

An easy, very pleasant and varied hike, mainly through woods, with short, safe sections on quiet roads and countryside. This is the third time we've done it in different seasons, but it's always very enjoyable. Thank you to the creator for sharing it with us!

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Date of your route : Jun 05, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful walk that allows you to discover not only bird shelters made by children, but also a billboard promoting the merits of the class that made the crafts. In a field, woolly pigs live day and night in their pasture. The final surprise is an excavator parked across the street for the weekend, allowing only one person to pass at a time. Despite this minor inconvenience, the route is well worth the trip.

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Date of your route : Mar 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

It is not easy to park at Pécrot station, as there are few parking spaces. I parked on Rue C. Wauters, before and almost opposite the small school, where there are numerous parking spaces.
Please note that there is an error in the fourth sentence of the instructions (S/E): "follow the yellow and BLUE signs"... they are actually yellow and RED!
in paragraph (4), first sentence: "turn LEFT", you need to turn RIGHT.
A few minor corrections, but otherwise everything was perfect. This hike was very enjoyable and varied!
Many thanks
Dany

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