21/08/2024: Hike modified.
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Start at Étang la Motte (from Signy, head towards the Motte campsite). Go past the campsite and down towards the pond, where there is a large car park.
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(S/E) From the car park, head back towards the village. Cross the Gland and walk 200 metres up the road before taking the first path on the left, then immediately left again to follow the Canal de la Petite Eau. Follow this canal to the Chemin du Gué.
(1) Turn left. Cross the Canal de la Petite Eau, then the River Le Gland. Walk along a small pond, then pass in front of the Chapelle des Glands
(2) Continue straight ahead. Cross a small tarmac road and head north on a path that is sometimes congested until you reach a forest road.
(3) Follow the forest road to the left, cross the Ruisseau de la Gravelotte stream and immediately turn left (west). At a three-way junction (elevation 301), turn left and head towards the Boulettes farm. Continue west on a small road and, at the crossroads (calvary), go straight ahead, pass by the sculpture by Hervé Tonglet and continue on to reach the church in Brognon. Continue downhill for another hundred metres to the west until you reach the first intersection.
(4) Before the junction with the RD10, turn left into Rue des Juifs. Take the first path on the left, which runs alongside small ponds. You will arrive at a chalet on the edge ofthe third pond.
(5) Go up to the right on a straight path, cross a forest road (not shown on the map), keep going in the same direction (south) and go down to the Pierre à la Vierge (or Roche à la Vierge).
(6) Turn right (west). Walk along the Étang de la Vieille Forge pond on your left and reach the dyke.
(7) Continue in the same direction (do not take the dyke). The path soon turns right and then left to join a larger path that leads to Terne.
(8) At the fork, keep right, descend into the Gravelotte stream valley, then climb back up to the D10. Cross the road. Move to the right and take the first forest path that climbs northeast.
At the next junction (elevation 306), turn left to reach Rue Saint-Éloi, then the junction with Rue Philippe Nottin.
(9) At the junction, continue along Rue Saint-Éloi and descend to Moulin Véron.
(10) After the mill, keep to the right to pass above a recently deforested area. Walk along this plot, ignoring the paths that branch off to the right, until you reach a four-way junction.
(11) Turn left, cross the Ruisseau des Grosses Pierres and continue to a small road. Take this tarmac road on the left to reach the Chalet.
(12) Then turn left onto the D34. After about 400 metres, turn right into thefirst large lane (there is an information board at the entrance about the giant ant nests located near this lane).
At the top of this coniferous lane, turn left to walk along a meadow. Turn right as soon as possible to reach the Voie Ham de Croix Colas.
(13) Continue straight ahead towards a horse farm, then turn left to reach the RD10. Cross the road and head straight ahead towards Le Fourneau.
(14) Go around the left side of the OLFA industrial buildings (educational sign) and take a wide path on the left that follows the Canal de la Petite Eau at a distance. At the next fork, keep right. The path continues along the canal and then, after a right-hand bend, descends to the Étang de la Vieille Forge.
(15) Walk along the left-hand side of the pond, staying as close to the bank as possible. Then, take a small path along the Ruisseau de Gland stream. Return to the road and follow it to the left to immediately reach the starting point (S/E).
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