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Start: car park located at the exit of Linchamps towards Belgium (on the left after a small bridge).
(S/E) From the car park, head north on a path marked in yellow. Turn left at the first fork to reach the Roche du Corbeau (puddingstone).
(1) Descend to the left to reach the Corbeau stream.
Cross the stream on a metal footbridge, turn left onto a small path that follows the ridge and climb up following the yellow markings to Roche Maret.
(2) Continue along the marked path, which turns left before reaching the Fontinelle, a small tributary of the Corbeau.
(3) Cross the stream and immediately turn right to cross a small structure (an old irrigation canal and water pipe). You are no longer on the yellow-marked trail. Continue in the same direction to climb a forest path.
About 40 metres after the stream, a wet area cluttered with branches makes the path difficult to follow. You will need to go around this difficult section on the right.
Climb up the forest track, which is sometimes obstructed, to the clearing of La Neuville aux Haies.
(4) Move slightly to the right to reach the pastures and follow them along a wide grassy path to reach the village road.
Take the road north towards the village until you reach the village chapel.
(5) Continue along the road until you reach a crossroads. (You will see the yellow signposts again.) Turn left towards the forest house and the signpost indicating L'Hectare (just below the forest house).
(6) Head south towards Le Rang de la Truie. After 300 metres, the signposted path turns right and joins a crossroads. Go down the road opposite (still following the yellow signs) and follow a very pleasant path to reach the Ruisseau de l'Ours.
(7) Head up the hill (west) on a gravel forest road, keeping an eye out for the Chemin de la Grande Wèbe on the left after 500 m (no signposts or markings).
(8) Go down to the left, cross the stream and climb up through a magnificent coniferous forest to the ditch at the edge of the national forest.
The forest was magnificent when I wrote this description, but unfortunately it is now badly damaged by bark beetles
(9) Continue straight ahead on the path; at the next junction 150 m further on, keep going in the same direction, then leave the path that branches off to the right and, after a descent, join a large forest path marked in yellow.
(10) Follow the path for 2.5 km, following the signs to Les Crénaux (signposts).
(11) Continue on the marked trail towards Les Forges and Linchamps. The path descends steeply to the Pont des Bourriques bridge over the Ruisseau de l'Ours stream. Cross the stream and continue on a flat path to Les Forges (signposts). Reach the church and cross the village to reach the small car park at the exit of Linchamps (S/E).
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