La motte depuis Aix-Noulette

Très jolie randonnée en passant par le site de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette et le Bois de Marqueffles.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.06 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 400 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 400 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 614 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 240 ft

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Description of the walk

Start from the car park on Grande Ruelle next to the Jardins d’Automne care home.

(S/E) Walk up the street towards the school. At the end of the street, turn right. At the end, turn left onto a track and follow a wide bend until you reach a junction.

(1) Turn right, continue straight on and you’ll come to a bend.

(2) Turn left and continue along the path behind the woods, keeping straight on until you reach Chemin des Vingt.

(3) Continue left along the path, then turn right onto Chemin de Lorette. Pass one junction and arrive at a second.

(4) Turn right and arrive at Chemin du Roi d'Angleterre.

(5) Turn right onto the path and head up the hill.

(6) Turn right onto Chemin du Mont de Lorette and continue straight on until you reach Chemin du Bois de Mont.

(7) Turn right onto this path and continue straight on. Enter the forest until you reach a Y-junction.

(8) Turn right and arrive at a four-way crossroads.

(9) Keep right on the descending path and continue to the crossroads.

(10) Turn right, then, at the four-way crossroads, keep left to reach a T-junction.

(11) Turn left, then right onto Rue Davy, and continue straight on until you reach the Source du Surgeon.

(12) Continue and cross Rue de Bouvigny (D165) and head straight on to a Y-junction.

(13) Turn left, then at the crossroads turn right and continue straight on Rue de Boyeffles until the next street.

(14) Turn right onto Rue René Delsaut, then, at the bend, turn left onto the path and head towards the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 259 ft - Grande Ruelle car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.4 - alt. 354 ft - Crossroads
  3. 2 : mi 0.87 - alt. 420 ft - Bend
  4. 3 : mi 1.36 - alt. 384 ft - Chemin des Vingt
  5. 4 : mi 1.93 - alt. 354 ft - Crossroads
  6. 5 : mi 2.28 - alt. 361 ft - Chemin du Roi d'Angleterre
  7. 6 : mi 2.62 - alt. 515 ft - Chemin du Mont de Lorette
  8. 7 : mi 3.13 - alt. 574 ft - Chemin du Bois du Mont
  9. 8 : mi 3.94 - alt. 587 ft - Y-junction
  10. 9 : mi 4.48 - alt. 597 ft - Four-way crossroads
  11. 10 : mi 4.66 - alt. 463 ft - Crossroads
  12. 11 : mi 5.1 - alt. 407 ft - T-junction
  13. 12 : mi 5.53 - alt. 322 ft - Source of the - Surgeon (rivière) - Affluent du canal d'Aire
  14. 13 : mi 5.95 - alt. 318 ft - Y-junction
  15. 14 : mi 6.82 - alt. 246 ft - Rue René Delsaut
  16. S/E : mi 7.06 - alt. 259 ft - Grande Ruelle car park

Notes

No water source

Caution: between (6) and (7), the path is very muddy and slippery, especially in winter or after heavy rain.

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