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Whether you arrive by car from either side of the N83, head towards Chenecey-Buillon on the D110 and stop immediately at the car park.
(S/E) Leave the car park towards the D110, follow the departmental road on the right and take the first road on the right, Chemin des Fourniers. After 100 metres, at the first fork, take the tarmac road on the left. As you descend, you will pass some ruins, probably former winegrowers' shelters. Pass the pumping station.
(1) On the left, join Chemin des Prés, which runs alongside the river. Follow the VTT57 mountain bike trail. As you pass, you will see the old renovated mill with its water wheel on the other side of the Loue. At the sign for Chemin du Bas des Combes, leave the mountain bike trail and take the small path on the right that runs alongside the river. Along the way, you will see a beautiful old house with a turret and dovecote on your left, which probably dates back to the time of the feudal castle that dominated Chenecey. Take the time to walk around the church.
(2) At the bridge, turn left onto the village's Grande Rue and, at the crossroads, take the small road that climbs at a 45° angle, the Rue de l'Ancienne Fontaine.
(3) Take the small alleyway that winds between two houses (yellow and blue sign almost faded at the bottom of a wall), which will take you uphill to Rue de la Parouse.
Catch your breath as you gaze up at the ruins of the old feudal castle silhouetted against the sky.
(4) About a hundred metres after the last house in the village, leave the tarmac road and take a small path on the left marked by the Quingey Canton Community (yellow sign indicating Belvédère and the old fountains). Halfway along, you will come to the old fountain and walk alongside numerous piles of stones gathered from fields, known locally as murgets, which were built by farmers in days gone by when they ploughed their fields, which were richer in large stones than good soil, and deposited them at the edge of their properties. In spring, you will be accompanied by the scent of violets!
(5) When you reach the ridge, take the path on the left which climbs a few more metres to reach the Grand Méandre viewpoint (yellow sign). To reach it, take a small path on the left just as the main path begins to descend. After stopping to admire the view of the Loue, descend the path that runs alongside it and leads to a clearing, where you may spot a deer or chamois in the morning.
(6) Climb over a small pile of stones gathered from fields to enter the pasture. Keep to the edge of the pasture, turning right and ignoring the tempting but deceptive gaps on the other side of the clearing, which would lead you into neighbouring pastures. This walk is safe, but remember that you are close to the cliffs of Roche Gauthier! Follow the edge for 200 metres. This will take you to a hidden stone path tucked away in a recess. The forest paths come and go. Today, the trail continues and joins the stone path.
(7) Then head back into the woods. There are no more signposts to guide you. After a few minutes, the path splits. Take the left fork. A little further on, at a new Z-shaped crossroads, continue along the left-hand path and from then on, do not go into the woods on the right, but always take the path that branches off to the left, skirting the clearings for less than a hundred metres without ever entering them. This path is more or less stony at first, then becomes a trail, but is always clearly marked. Remember to take a discreet look into the clearings, as I had the pleasure of encountering a deer there again today!
(8) Not far from the end, the wet path is rutted, so take care to avoid them by taking a small path on the left that goes around the muddy area. Unfortunately, you will then hear the noise of the main road, signalling your return to civilisation. The path leads to the D110 about a hundred metres from the car park. Turn right (S/E).
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. And I should have read the comments about point 6
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