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Departure from the campsite and La Samaritaine leisure centre, Allée des Étangs.
Mountain bike trail no. 26
(S/E) With your back to the campsite, turn left and ride along the small road to the first houses in Bar-lès-Buzancy. At the corner of No. 23, turn left and leave the village by crossing over the Ruisseau du Moulin stream. You will reach a four-way intersection in Harricourt.
(1) Continue straight ahead on Rue Saint-Georges and leave the village, keeping to the right. Cross the D947 with caution and take the Traverse d'Autruche opposite. Continue along a track suitable for vehicles until you reach the next fork.
(2) Continue straight ahead and, at the entrance to Autruche, turn left and join the crossroads at the church in Autruche.
(3) Turn right, pass in front of the town hall and, at the end of Grand Rue, turn left and leave the village via the small road.
(4) At the three-way junction, keep left and, at the first houses in Authe, turn left towards Le Chesne. Continue to the junction with the D12.
(5) Continue straight ahead on Rue de la Gare, leave the village and take the first farm track on the right.
(6) Take this road and continue to the multi-way junction at No. 40, at the entrance to Brieulles-sur-Bar.
(7) Turn onto the second road on the right, enter the village, then, at the four-way junction, turn right onto the D19, Grande Rue, and head towards the church.
(8) Pass to the right of the church, go down in front of the cemetery, then continue along a carriage road. Stay on this road until you reach Verrières, cross the village via the main street, pass in front of the town hall and the church, and arrive at a crossroads.
(9) Turn right a few metres before the town exit sign, then continue along a carriage road on the heights. Continue straight ahead until you reach a crossroads, which is also a section of the GR®14 and GR® de Pays Argonne trails.
(10) Descend to the right until you reach Oches and arrive at a four-way crossroads.
(11) Climb up opposite onto Grande Rue, walk past the church and continue along a path between the fields and parks. Join the tarmac road at Ferme d'Isly.
(12) Turn right, then right again at the next intersection. Pass the Polka farm and the Mon Désir farm, and continue along the small road to Saint-Pierremont.
(13) At the entrance to Saint-Pierremont, continue straight ahead. Then descend towards the church and turn left onto Rue de Fontenois. Pass between the ponds and continue uphill on a path until you reach a 90° right-hand bend.
(14) Turn left between the fields, then right twice, and you will come to a road.
(15) Turn left, go down the main street of the hamlet of Fontenois, then turn right onto Rue d'Harricourt, towards Pré-Lamart. Stay on the same path until you reach a crossroads with a semi-buried water tank on your right.
(16) Cross the departmental road with caution and take the grassy path opposite. At the farm, continue straight ahead and reach the crossroads at the end of Rue du Four à Chaux in Bar-lès-Buzancy.
(17) Take a hairpin bend to the left onto Chemin de la Fontaine-qui-Bruit. At the end of the tarmac road, continue along the path and climb until you reach a fork at the edge of a wood.
(18) Turn right and follow the edge of the woods. At the end of the park fence, turn 90° to the right, then at the next crossroads, turn left and continue to the second four-way fork.
(19) Turn right, go down a slope into a wood, and ride to the multiple crossroads with a wash house in Fossé.
(20) Continue to the right, then immediately to the left, towards the Chapelle de Masmes. Follow a beautiful farm track and continue straight on to the chapel.
(21) Continue along the grassy path, turn right at the end, and you will come to a track suitable for vehicles. Follow it to the left, then continue straight down to the first houses in Buzancy.
(22) At the semi-buried water tank with a calvary, turn left, join the housing estate and take Rue du Charme on the right. At the bottom, continue to the right and join the crossroads at the end of Chemin de la Clef des Champs.
(23) Take the street opposite and pass just to the left of the obelisk on Rue des Barrières. At the end of this street, cross Rue du Château, pass in front of the Château Augeard pavilion and continue along the path.
(24) Admire the old Bouverie du Château Augeard before continuing straight ahead between the horse paddocks lined with wooden fences. At the intersection at the Samaritaine lake, turn right. Pass in front of the football pitch and arrive at a crossroad, Allée des Étangs. Turn left to go up the lane and return to the campsite and the Samaritaine leisure centre (S/E).
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