In the countryside around Battrans

Park in the small car park on Grande Rue opposite the town hall.

(S/E) Head towards the bus shelter, then turn immediately left onto Rue des Planches.

(1) At the Stop sign, turn right onto Rue de l’Église. Walk alongside the leisure ground – which you can also cross by turning right – and follow the road as it bends to the right towards the wash house. Walk past the wash house and then turn left onto Rue de la Fontaine (VC4 towards Cresancey). Walk for about 800 metres.

(2) Take the country lane on the right, which bends right further on (you can see the facilities of Gray-Saint Adrien aerodrome on the left) and continues straight on until you reach the RD178. Turn right and walk carefully alongside the road. When you reach the small copse, veer left and take a path leading towards a private meadow (access permitted), signposted on a green background. Walk for about a hundred metres.

(3) Turn right into the Pré du Champ la Forge (L.P.O. nature reserve), then leave the meadow on the left via the turning area at the end of Rue des Perrières. Follow this street, turn right at the junction and head towards the Stop sign.

(4) Turn right onto the Grande Rue to return to the starting point (S/E).

(1) On the left, the Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul.
(3) Pré du champ la Forge (LPO nature reserve). Rue des Perrières: view of the Parc de l’Étang