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The start is at the Dodat car park on Rue Lea Lassausaie.
(S/E) When leaving the car park, turn right onto Rue Lea Lassausaie. At the end of the street, turn right onto Rue De Bellesize. At the end of the street, turn left, then right onto Montée du Plantin. At the top of the hill, at the "Chateau Plantin" sign, follow the signs for "Limonest" on Chemin de Limonest. Leave Chemin de l'Orge on your left. After the isolated house, at the "Lorge" sign, continue on Chemin de Limonest until you reach the end of a large right-hand bend at the edge of a wood.
(1) Take a grassy path on the left that climbs alongside the vineyards. Continue along this path until you reach the end of the vineyards. Turn left to climb between the vineyard and a field.
(2). When you reach the edge of the woods, turn left, then take the sunken path that leads into the woods on the right. After about 350 metres, the path curves to the right and joins a group of paths.
(3) Go up to the right on one of the paths, which join a few hundred metres further on. At the next crossroads, turn right. After 150 m, the path runs alongside a meadow on the right before joining a road. Turn left onto the road and follow it for about 450 m to the lime kiln (restored kiln, with numerous information boards explaining how it works).
(4) Continue right on the road until the end of the bend and take the path on the right towards a lodge (La Glande). When you reach the lodge, turn left and take the small tree-lined path that then leads into a small wood on a slight incline. At the crossroads, turn right onto the road and head for the entrance to the Batterie des Carrières fortifications on the right-hand side of the road. These fortifications are still being restored, but it is still possible to visit the site.
(5) Leave the fortifications through the entrance gate and take the road on the left uphill. After the S-bends, and before reaching the pass, look for the path that branches off to the left at a small concrete platform on the embankment.
(6) Turn left and take the time to admire the view from the platform. Follow the path into the woods to go around the Mont Verdun fort. At an octagonal marker, take the path on the left that goes downhill. A little further on, the path crosses a small clearing. Shortly afterwards, leave the path that comes in on the left and continue straight on until you reach a road.
(7) Follow it straight ahead for 300 metres. Shortly after the crossroads, take the path that branches off to the left (opposite a tennis court) and follow it for about 400 metres, ignoring a path on the left, until you reach a crossroads with a road, a track and several paths (signposted "Mont Rouge").
(8) Turn left onto the Monts d'Or educational trail, which descends towards Chasselay (this is the hollow trail on the far right). Follow it for 500 m until you reach the "Fond Grimaud" sign (for information, there is a 4x4 terrain on the left). At the sign, continue straight ahead towards "En Borde" by following a path along the trail that runs alongside a small stream, which is now often dry.
(9) At the end of the path, at the "En Borde" signpost, turn right onto the path, which is rutted for a few dozen metres, and descends between the trees. After 500 metres, having passed a first small path on the left, turn left onto a path at a tree with a double V-shaped trunk. Ignore two paths that branch off to the right. After a zigzag section, the path descends gently. At a hairpin bend, take the path on the right which climbs slightly to join a wider path.
Turn left onto the path that descends slightly. Follow it for about 650 metres, ignoring two paths that join on the right, until you reach a fork where the path on the right plunges into the forest and the wider path on the left curves to the left. Take the path on the right until you reach the intersection with another path
(10). Take the path to the right. This leaves the forest and runs alongside several orchards. 100 m after a 90° left turn, turn left onto the path that runs alongside the wall of a property on your right. This path leads to Rue des Darbonnières. Turn right onto the street, then turn into the first street on the left to reach Rue de l'Étang. At the end, cross the road and take the small street opposite, next to the pharmacy, which leads into old Chasselay.
When you reach the church, turn left onto Rue De Bellesize, then follow Rue De Bellesize to the right. Turn left onto the first street, Rue Lea Lassausaie, to reach the car park (S/E).
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