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When arriving in Messimy from the east, leave your car in the village, in one of the small car parks on Avenue des Alpes, for example.
Please note: this route is not signposted.
(S/E) Head west and turn left onto Rue Simon Rousseau, then right onto Rue du Vingtain. Pass the church and turn left onto Rue Froide. Immediately after, turn right onto Chemin du Chater. Continue straight ahead on this path to leave the village. The path continues through fields. Pass under a high-voltage power line and you will arrive at a crossroads.
(1) Continue straight ahead on Chemin de Janton. Pass a few houses, then take the first road on the left.
(2) At the next intersection, turn right, then at the crossroads 150 metres further on, continue straight ahead, leaving the hamlet of Jaricot on your left. Continue along this path, through the forest or along the edge of the forest, until you come to a road.
(3) Follow the road to the right. At the next crossroads, continue to the left.
(4) About 200 metres further on, take a path that branches off to the left and towards the rear. The path turns right and heads west. Continue through the undergrowth, ignoring a path on the left, until you reach a crossroads marked with a cross, near a road. Continue straight ahead to reach the road.
(5) Follow the road to the left to reach Châteauvieux.
(6) Pass the Chateauvieux spring and continue to the church and its two beautiful lime trees. Then turn left and take the first path on the left, alongside a farm.
(7) At the three-way junction, go up to the left to reach Crêt de Py-Froid and its viewpoint over the Monts du Lyonnais.
(8) Continue along the path opposite and ignore the paths branching off to the left. You will come to a small tarmac road on the outskirts of Yseron.
(9) Continue straight ahead. At the crossroads, go straight ahead and then continue to the left at the next intersection, Chemin du Planil.
(10) At the intersection marked with a cross, turn right onto Montée de la Chazière. You will come out onto Grande Rue; cross the road and take the path opposite. Shortly afterwards, the path turns right to join a road. Take this road on the right. At the first intersection, turn onto the small road on the left. Further on, when this road makes a hairpin bend to the right, level with a house, continue straight ahead on the path that leads to the waterfall.
(11) Cross the Yzeron and continue along the path on the other side. Shortly afterwards, ignore a path on the left and continue to the right. Continue along this path until you reach a wider path.
(12) Take this path on the right. Further on, cross the Yzeron again before reaching a road.
(13) Follow this road to the left, then take the first road on the right to reach the hamlet of Le Giraud.
(14) Cross this hamlet by following the road as it curves to the right. Do not continue to the end of the tarmac road, but take a path on the left that runs alongside a somewhat overgrown garden. Continue straight ahead on this path, which crosses the Bois du Faix woods.
(15) Further on, you will find a path on the right that leads to a dolmen in the middle of a rocky outcrop. Walk there and back.
(15) Back at the intersection, continue to the right to reach a small tarmac road on the outskirts of Saint-Laurent-de-Vaux. Continue to the next crossroads.
(16) Take the second road on the right. Follow it around the bend and then, immediately after, turn right onto a path. Continue along this path through the Bois de Taconan woods until you reach another path facing a field.
(17) Continue to the left to reach a road. Follow it a few metres to the left, then take the path opposite to cut across the bend and arrive opposite the orientation table. Follow the road to the left for a few metres.
(18) Turn right onto a path. Further on, leave the woods behind the Chatanay farm and ignore a trail and then a path on the left that leads to the farm. Continue straight ahead until you reach a small road.
(19) Take a few steps to the right on the road, then take the path on the right. Further on, at Château du Montus, continue along the road and, when it starts to turn left, continue straight ahead on a path. Continue straight ahead on this path until you reach an intersection, just below the high-voltage power line, with a wide path and a farm track (see alternative route in "Practical information").
(20) Continue right on Chemin des Vignes until you reach the hamlet of Basse-Bruyère and come out on the road that crosses this hamlet opposite a beautiful house.
(21) Take this road on the left, then take the first small road on the left, Chemin de la Flache. Pass under the high-voltage power line again and continue straight ahead until you reach a road.
(22) Follow it to the right around the bend, then straight on to the village of Messimy (S/E).
It might have been easier to cut straight across from point 18 to the return point, as the detour wasn't particularly interesting.
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