In the woods of Fourques

Date of your route : Oct 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The route cannot be followed in its entirety; the path:
1 The final section of the route between points 5 and 6, before reaching the road, is impassable.
2 The section between points 6 and 3 cannot be used; there is no access at the start and a chain at the end.

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Date of your route : Feb 12, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

The route is pleasant, but we ran into difficulties at stage 6, where the path had disappeared. We retraced our steps along the road back to stage 4, where we rejoined the path we had taken on the way there. This path is quite busy, even on a Sunday in winter.

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Hello Dominique, thank you for your comments.

The description has just been slightly amended to take into account, amongst other things, your comments. If you could take a look at this new version and let me know if it better reflects the reality on the ground, I’d be grateful.

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Date of your route : Jul 08, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The start isn't at the church but 250 metres before it!
The start is signposted with your back to the church, when in fact it’s right in front of it!
The signposts three-quarters of the way along the walk are really unclear, but never mind.

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Date of your route : Mar 21, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A pleasant route, but not signposted. From stage 5, you reach the clearing, but after that, you get lost. We managed to find our way back to stage 6, but there are few directions on how to get back to the starting point.

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Date of your route : Nov 19, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

Hardly any signposts. The office is closed. Can’t use the loo... It’s not a great walk.

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Date of your route : Nov 11, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

An easy walk in the countryside, with no significant elevation gain. We got lost from marker 5 onwards, which wasn’t a problem at all, as the forest is criss-crossed with paths in every direction. After climbing up to a road to the north-west of the woods, we headed back down south and then south-east, and eventually found ourselves at marker 7, next to a shooting range. From there, we simply followed the signposted route back towards Saint-Sauveur Church.

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I see.

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Thanks, regrog, but I’d much rather avoid the shooting range altogether; as nano47 mentioned, it’s privately owned, which could cause us further problems down the line. I don’t think the new route will make the walk any shorter.

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Of course, but that shortens the circular pattern.
Another option: when coming back from 5 towards 4, before the junction, roughly halfway between 5 and the junction (junction 4 towards 5 and 6 towards Start), there is a path marked in black on the left, which is very passable. It then rejoins the original route between 6 and Start.

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OK, thanks regrog, that’s more or less what I was going to suggest. Except that from (4) I think we can take the road to (E). It doesn’t look very busy

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After point 5, we completed the planned circular route, then, back on the road, we didn’t turn right to head for point 6, but turned left to return to point 5, from where we made our way back to the start by following the paths we had already taken.

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Thank you for your comments. This private property is indeed a problem. We’ll try to find an alternative route. Which way did you go, regrog?

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Date of your route : Aug 20, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Hello,
In fact, at point 6 of the walk, it is impossible to continue on to return to the start.
An impassable wall and fence block the exit from the path into the forest, which is also very dense in this area.
This route, as well as the description, must be very old, as the wall and wire fence date back several years.

However, thanks to the app on our phone, we were able to reach the starting point without any trouble by following other paths.
Best regards.

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Date of your route : Mar 09, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

This route starts and ends on a private road (shooting range)

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