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No parking available. Park along the pavement around Falmagne church.
(S/E) With the church on your left, go up Avenue de la Restauration. At the fork, turn right. Pass the cemetery.
(1) At the chapel, turn left onto a gravel path. At the beginning of this path, you will discover a 360° view of the Namur countryside. Turn right at the grove. The path becomes a narrow trail with rocky ground. At the intersection with a forest path, turn left. This section can be very muddy depending on weather conditions. At the bottom, look for the footbridge on your left, which will allow you to cross the stream without getting your feet wet.
(2) Follow the paved road to the left.
(3) After the house and just before the bridge, at a place called "Fond de Vesse", take the forest track on your right. Follow the stream. At the fork, take the path on the right and then the path on the left at the next fork. Fork the path. Continue along the path to the right, which can also be very muddy depending on the weather. The path becomes rocky and leads to a paved road.
(4) Turn left. The Lesse river flows on your right. Just before the railway bridge, take the path on the right that climbs towards the tracks. When you reach the passage near the tracks, you can admire the Aiguilles de Chaleux, rocks emerging from the trees, in front of you. Follow the railway tracks along the designated safe passageway and take the path on your right at the end of the bridge. Ignore the steps on your left. At the next intersection, turn left. Walk behind a property and return to the road.
Turn left to see the Puits des Vaux.
(5) If you want to explore Furfooz Park, continue along the road until you reach the park entrance located further up (at the end of your visit to the park, you will come back to this path), otherwise retrace your steps.
Continue along the road after passing the path you arrived on. Ignore the path on your right and continue straight ahead.
(6) Pass the refreshment bar and continue along the path that runs alongside the Lesse. The paths on your left are part of the Furfooz Park trail. After the barriers, continue along the path to the right. It leads to a wider path, which you take to the right. Shortly after reaching this path, look to your left so as not to miss the pedestrian tunnel (not as big or as wide as a vehicle tunnel) passing under the railway line. (If you arrive at Gendron station, you have gone too far!)
(7) Take it and follow the path until you leave the forest and come to a wide road. Turn left and you will be back on the heights.
(8) At the next intersection, continue along the path on the right. Another path joins yours; continue along it. Then take the path downhill on the left, which becomes a trail at the house and goes around it. At the end of this trail, you will arrive in the centre of the village of Furfooz; turn right.
(9) At the mini roundabout, turn left and take the dead-end road on the left, Rue des Aiguilles de Chaleux. Further on, the road changes surface. At the fork on the left, you will see the viewpoint over the hamlet of Chaleux and the peaks. Continue along the path.
(10) At the fork, if you want an impressive view from the top of a peak, turn left, then left again to reach the path leading above the peaks. Then retrace your steps. Turn left onto the path marked withGR® signs. Descend to the edge of the Lesse and turn left.
(11) Go under the bridge and go straight up the path on your left, which will take you to the level of the railway tracks. Take the safe passageway along the tracks to cross the Lesse. Take the forest path under the bridge. You will soon come to a meadow and see Walzin Castle on its rocky spur.
(12) At the crossroads, turn left. Go over the railway line and continue along this forest path until you gently emerge from the woods and walk alongside meadows. The forest path becomes a farm track and then, at the crossroads, a road.
(13) Turn left and go up the road. Then turn right. Enter Falmagne and head for the church (S/E).
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