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Set off from Lesménils Church, Rue Saint-Denis.
(S/E) Walk down Rue Saint-Denis for about 80 m.
(1) Take the path on the left until you reach Rue du Capitaine Cochin. There, turn right and walk for 200 m, passing the houses on the embankment (Rue de la Fontaine).
(2) Head left up the small tarmac road, which climbs steeply. Once at the top, take a moment to look at the historical information panel erected by Lesménils Town Hall and let your imagination run wild as you gaze at the few remaining ruins of the old village in the hamlet of Norroy, destroyed during the First World War of 1914–1918.
(3) This place was once a thriving community, centred around a small church and its castle. Human folly destroyed it all.
Continue along the almost flat path until you reach a fork.
(4) Continuing straight on, the path climbs towards the Xon signpost. At the junction, look to your right for the remains of the ‘Pochard’ fountain, dating from the 14th century. Continue to the right as far as Bouxières-sous-Froidmont. On the road to Bouxières, we’ll cross the TGV line. It was here that the train set its speed record on 3 April 2007 at 574.8 km/h.
(5) Once on the D42, turn right at the farm. Continue along the road for 250 m.
(6) Turn right onto the small track leading to the Grand’Rue in Bouxières-sous-Froidmont.
(7) Walk down this street for 150 m, then take a path on the right (a dead end) which will lead you to the TGV line, where you’ll turn back.
The return journey will follow the same route, or alternatively, we can cut across the fields 600 m further on if the crops allow it without causing damage. We did this because, in mid-August, the harvest was over and the ground was dry. We therefore did not damage the crops. At the end of the field, we rejoin our path, which we’ll follow to the left back to the starting point (S/E).
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