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Start from Aix-Noulette church.
(S/E) With your back to the church, turn right onto the D937 towards Béthune for a good 50 m, then left onto Rue des Marronniers. Take the 1st right, Rue de Boyeffles, and immediately turn left onto this street.
(1) At the end of the tarmac, go straight ahead on a track. At the crossroads (cote 88), go straight on to the next crossroads.
(2) Turn left towards a grove. Go through the grove and come to a road.
(3) Turn right onto the D165 (Rue Roger Salengro). At the crossroads, turn slightly right and cross Rue Jean Jaurès on the right-hand side.
(4) Turn left on Chemin du Mont Breuvart, towards the Marie Curie school. At the end, keep to the uphill path opposite and enter the woods.
(5) At the crossroads, turn right. Cross a small road and continue on the opposite road towards the farm.
(6) At the crossroads after the Bois de Mont farm, turn right. Stay on this road until you reach Gouy-Servins. Turn right onto the D5.
(7) Turn left at the war memorial and follow the D57 towards Villers-au-Bois. Cross the D65 and go straight on.
(8) In Maisnil, turn left, going along the house with the low stone wall, and follow the road. At the end of the road, turn left and immediately ignore an exit on the right.
(9) At the oratory, go straight on along the Bois de Villers. At the end of the tarmac, go straight ahead on a track and cross Bois Perroy. Ignore an exit on the right, leave the wood and reach the D58.
(10) Follow the road to the left.
(11) Just before the cemetery, turn right. Stay in the same direction, south-east, for about 2km, through woods or on the edge.
(12) Before a sharp bend to the left, turn right and enter the woods. Ignore an exit on the left and you'll immediately come to a small road.
(13) Take a right-left turn to reach the former Abbaye du Mont Saint-Eloi. Opposite the school, turn left onto Rue de la Warde. Go straight on past Ferme Saint-Antoine (GR® markings).
(14) At the junction, continue straight ahead on a track (let the GR® go right).
(15) At the corner of Bois l'Abbé, turn left and immediately ignore a start on the right. Follow the GR®145 north-west until you enter Carency via Rue du Général Barbot.
(16) Turn right into Rue Jules Ferry as far as the church. Turn left into Rue Castellane, then right into Rue Gambetta and left into Rue du Moulin.
(17) Follow the GR® 127 to the right (Chemin du Vauchaux). Enter Ablain-Saint-Nazaire. Turn right into Rue d'Arras, then left into Rue des Scieurs. Cross Rue Marcel Lancino to reach Rue du Château and continue along this road.
(18) At the crossroads, go straight ahead into Chemin de la Vallée des Cences and climb up to Plateau de Lorette. Turn right for a few metres.
(19) Turn left and continue along the same axis as before. Cross the plateau, then a small downhill wood, and continue between fields.
(20) At the crossroads, turn left. Ignore the paths to the right and left, go to the right-hand corner, turn right and then left.
(21) Take the path on the right. Turn left at the fork. At the next crossroads, go straight ahead and enter Aix-Noulette via Rue du Bois. Follow this street straight ahead and continue along Rue l'Abbé. At the traffic circle, turn left to return immediately to the starting point (S/E).
