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Parking at Godewaersvelde, in the car park opposite the cemetery, Rue de l’Abeele.
(S/E) Set off with your back to the cemetery. Join the D139, cross it and continue straight on to reach the Military Cemetery.
(1) Carry on straight ahead and follow the lovely path, which continues to climb, until you reach a small road.
(2) Follow it to the left until you reach a junction. Turn right downhill and you’ll reach Rue du Mont des Cats. Follow it to the right, still going downhill, until you reach a Fork in the road.
(3) Turn left onto Chemin de la Boulangerie. Look for a path branching off to the right through the woodland (gate).
(4) Go through the gate and follow the path: there are some lovely huts. You’ll reach a small road.
(5) Follow it to the left until you reach a junction. Carry on straight ahead to the wayside cross.
(6) Turn left up a steep climb and reach the road. Continue straight ahead: go through the gate and, following the monastery wall, rejoin the road. Follow it to the left. Ignore the path to the Vicarage (Calvary) and reach a bend to the left.
(7) Then leave the road and head down to the right to reach a wide path. Follow it to the right (PR® path, marked in yellow), passing under the chapel (you can also go round the front, of course).
Shortly afterwards, the path turns right and joins the Chemin du Moulin à Huile, at the foot of the mobile phone mast.
(8) Turn left (still on the PR® path) to cross the woodland (very busy, so the descent can be slippery in wet weather!). You’ll reach a bend in a small road; follow it to the left until you come to a T-junction (with a wayside shrine). Turn right for about a hundred metres until you reach a crossroads.
(9) Take the path on the left to reach a small road (Rue des Cinq Chemins Verts). Follow it to the right until you reach the junction.
(10) Walk a few metres to the left and you’ll find a path on the left.
(11) Follow it to a junction.
(12) Turn right. Ignore the road on the left and continue to a Fork in the road. Take the right-hand fork, which leads slightly downhill. After a short climb, turn left to arrive opposite the Moulin de l’Ingratitude. Then turn right to reach the D10. Follow it to the right until you reach the junction.
(13) Take Rue du Bona, keeping well to the left. At the Fork in the road, turn right onto the lovely path that runs alongside the cemetery and joins Rue de L’Arneau.
(14) Follow it to the right. At the junction (with a wayside shrine on your left), carry on straight ahead and, about 200 m further on, you’ll arrive near a farm (at a guess, a pigsty!).
(15) Turn left onto the wide track (a farm track which can be in quite poor condition), until you reach a small road (and the border). Follow it to the right for about 400 m.
(16) Turn left onto the wide track (GR®5A). Follow it (in poor condition in January 2022) until you reach a road.
(17) A quick right then left takes you back onto the Lyssenthoek. Follow it to the junction with the N38.
Cross with care and head straight ahead to reach a T-junction. Turn left onto the small road and continue to a large farm. Carry on for a further 200 metres and you’ll find a path on the right (marked with a hiking post).
(18) Turn right (rather damp section; still on the GR®). You’ll reach a stream. Follow it to the right, then cross it (footbridge) and turn right, following it along its banks (rather damp area). After about a hundred metres, turn left to reach the vicinity of the N333.
(19) Just before reaching it, follow the path on the left which runs alongside it and eventually joins the road. Carry on straight ahead until you reach the T-junction facing the woods (a shortcut is possible –see Practical Information).
(20) Turn right onto the small road. Walk past a few buildings (‘t sparrebos’) and, 50 metres further on, turn left (you will then leave the GR®) onto a path. Ignore a path on the left. Shortly afterwards, the path curves to the right before reaching a T-junction.
(21) Turn right and head towards one of the site’s exits (Heksenhuisje on the right). Do not exit, but carry on straight ahead to the edge of the woods. Again, do not exit, but turn left (before the gate) onto the path at the edge of the woods (damp but roughly cleared). Make a quick left-right turn, then turn right (staying at the edge of the woods) to reach a T-junction (damp area but roughly cleared).
(22) Turn left, then left again to reach a wide path in a straight line.
(23) Then turn left, then immediately right (marker 51) to reach a gate. Enter the pasture (a flock of placid sheep in August 2026). Go to the right of the first building (picnic table and marker 70), then head towards the second (smaller) one and follow a ‘sunken path’ to reach a gate at the edge of the pasture (marker 68). Do not go out, but follow the edge of the field to the left (the closer you are to the edge, the drier it is!) until you reach another gate.
(24) Head right, going through the gate, and reach a small road.
(25) Turn right (either onto the road or onto the path running alongside it to the right, which is “quite” muddy). About 200 m further on, take the path on the left. Further on, it turns right (very wet) and reaches a T-junction.
(26) Turn left and wade through the mud (a good path has formed through the undergrowth on the right) until you reach another T-junction. Turn left and, 300 m further on, turn left again. Walk past a house and return to the junction you passed on the way out.
(25) Follow the road to the right for about 200 m, then take the path on the left. Further on, it turns right and joins the small road you’ve already taken. Head to the right and you’ll soon reach a fork.
(20) Leave the route you’ve already taken and continue straight on until you reach a T-junction. Turn left and follow the small road until you reach another T-junction. Turn left and continue for about 200 m.
(27) Turn right between two houses (it looks like a dead end) to reach a small road, which you follow to the left. 500 metres further on, just past a house (De Hannekamp), you’ll find a path on the left.
(28) Follow the track to the left (Hanekampweg) and join the N333 (don’t forget to say hello to the customs officer as you pass!). Cross the road, then follow it to the right until you reach the edge of the village. Just past a pond on the left, a good path branches off to the left.
(29) Follow this track straight on until you reach the N38. Cross it (take great care!) and continue along the track opposite for about fifty metres until you reach a crossroads.
(30) Turn right onto the old railway line. Godewaersvelde is straight ahead! Pass two junctions before reaching the D139.
Follow it to the right to return to the starting car park. (S/E).
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