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Park on the left-hand side of the road on the grassy area just before the sign for the village of Cernay-lès-Reims when coming from Reims towards Berru.
(S/E) Cross the main road and take the stony path on the left leading up to the woods. You will soon reach a crossroads.
(1) Take the path on the right and walk between the vineyards. At the next crossroads, turn left and walk to the edge of the woods.
(2) Walk along the edge of the woods, veering to the right. Continue along the edge, turning left, then, before the end of the vineyard, enter the woods on the left. Make a circular loop to the right to reach the Trou d'Enfer (Hell Hole), marked by a stone covering an old manhole.
(3) Turn left, leaving the stone on your right. Continue along this path, which unfortunately is not always marked (heading generally north-east). You will reach a crossroads.
(4) Turn right onto a beautiful path and stay on it, ignoring the paths that start off to the left or right. You will reach a four-way crossroads. Continue straight ahead to reach the junction with a tarmac road.
(5) Take it to the right (it leads to Mont de Berru). Leave it quickly on the right to follow the path around the mountain, following the signs twice: Nogent-l'Abesse. You will come to a four-way crossroads.
(6) Turn left and continue to the edge of the woods. Walk along the fence, keeping it on your right. At the end of the fenced plot, turn left onto the stony path, which becomes tarmac. Walk past the lookout. Continue along this road until you reach the intersection with a path, in a left-hand bend.
(7) Turn right onto the path and continue to the vineyards. Go around them, turning left to walk between the vineyards and woods until you reach a new road.
(8) Follow it to the left, with your back to Nogent-l'Abesse. You will come to an intersection with a new path (Y-shaped).
(9) Leave the road and turn left onto the path to walk between the vineyards and the woods again. You will arrive at the sports field.
(10) Go around it by taking the road on the left, then take the path that enters the woods. Just after two metal posts and before a concrete manhole cover on the left, turn right onto a path that is not marked on the maps. When you reach the edge of the field, turn left and you will come to another four-way crossroads.
(11) Turn right, then follow this more or less visible path.
(12) Turn left, then immediately right. When you reach the main path, turn right and stay on this good path. Leave the woods and you will come to the initial crossroads you passed on the way there.
(1) Retrace your steps to return to the car park (S/E).
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