Chatey Hill

Date of your route : Dec 16, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

This is a route that is accessible to everyone without any difficulty and offers some lovely views.

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Date of your route : May 12, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A route to avoid: the sections through the woods are no longer accessible as they were. Thank goodness we had Visorando and the IGN maps, otherwise we’d have got lost!
Also, if you do want to give it a go, you’ll need good footwear: there are very muddy sections and even a small stream to cross.

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Date of your route : May 12, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Very busy route : No

A third of the route is relatively pleasant, but the pitfalls – both in the gaps in the route description and the rough paths – quickly make us forget this. It’s impossible to follow using just the route description; thank goodness I was following the route map, with my nose glued to my phone. No views, no points of interest
Points 2 and 3: what’s the point of making us go along the road? The path leading into the forest afterwards is very uneven; at times you have to work out where it goes.
Between points 3 and 4, at the junction, the GPS route indicates to go straight on. Don’t bother looking for the path – it’s hidden under the branches – but you’ll find it again once you’ve passed this section (50 metres max). If, at this point, you feel like turning back, do so!!
Between 6 and 7: You’re looking down over the little stream, but the ground is so badly churned up by logging and heavy rain that you’re more concerned with where to put your feet than admiring the woodland.
Point 8: Be careful not to turn left onto the stony path you’ve just come onto!! You must carry on straight ahead to reach the ridge path.
Point 9: Well, apart from wading through the brambles (there’s no path at all) to end up nowhere, except between three moss-covered tree stumps, there’s absolutely NOTHING to see. Do give this pitfall a miss.
As I mentioned earlier: there are no viewpoints or panoramic views.
It should be noted, however, that the route’s author is certainly not responsible for the rough terrain.
But the gaps in the route description are very annoying.
I do not recommend this route.

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Date of your route : May 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Hello
A walk with no signposts and, in some places, completely unmaintained. In some spots, the path no longer exists, so you have to cut across the woods.
We’d done it in winter, and it was brilliant, but this time…
Very disappointed

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Date of your route : Oct 18, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk just a stone’s throw from our home; here are our comments on the points in the description:
3 – we didn’t see any remains of the wayside cross; is it still there? A lot of the tree felling looks recent; is it hidden by branches?
5 – We took the first path on our left; it wasn’t the right one. Perhaps it should be clarified: ‘Pass the first path on your left and you’ll then come to a junction’
6 – Of course, as we weren’t on the right path, we didn’t see the little stream at the start; we had to make our way down through the forest to the banks of the stream, which winds its way pleasantly, and there we finally followed the right path.
7 – There are several logging tracks; as we didn’t have a pedometer to measure the distances covered, we took the one where the trees at the entrance were marked 7 and 8. Perhaps we could have gone further, still following the stream.
9 – The ridge path ends at the foot of the ‘Camp Romain’ hill; clearly, a logging machine had cleared a timber storage area there, and at this point there is no fork in the path leading down to Tresilley. So, from the summit, we descended the fairly steep slope through the woods until we came across a logging track.
In conclusion, we really enjoyed this walk because of the pretty village of Tresilley, the variety of landscapes, the stream which added a touch of poetry, and finally the view of the village and the hill opposite at the end of the route.

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