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Departure from the car park with picnic table, Rue de la Gironde, 50 m below the Jaugey wash house, hamlet of Barbirey-sur-Ouche 21410. (The trail is marked in purple to Larrey des Puces)
(S/E) Go down this street to the junction with the D114 road. Cross it to take the rough track that climbs south-east to join the Chemin des Vignes 800 m higher up.
(1) When you reach Chemin des Vignes, take the right-hand branch for 300 metres. Turn left (elevation 402) onto the grassy path lined with orchards. Leave it when it starts to turn right at a right angle. Take the path on the left that climbs north-west. After 150 m, ignore the path that branches off to the left towards Roche-Belle. Continue to the junction with the Chemin de la Source du Layé.
(2) Take it to the right, i.e. away from the spring, for 200 m and turn left onto a forest track that climbs 350 m north to reach a cart track.
(3) Take this road to the left. It first runs 100 m due south, following the contour line (elevation 559), then 600 m south-west to a crossroads. The carriage road heads north-west, and the Roche de s'Laye balcony is 20 m to the south.
(4) When you reach this first balcony, take the path on the right that winds down towards the west until you reach a fork. Ignore the left branch that heads south to join the Chemin de la Source du Layé and the right branch that climbs north. Continue on the middle branch, which climbs westwards to the Roche de l'Eau balcony.
(5) When you reach this second balcony, continue along the ledge. Carefully follow a path that is steep at first but then descends steadily north-west towards Larrey des Puces. After a sharp left turn, it joins a short south-east path that leads to the Layé spring path (end of the purple markings).
(6) Turn right onto this path and continue to the D114M tarmac road. Turn right onto this road. It climbs to one of the hamlets of Grenant-lès-Sombernon, called "La Montagne".
(7) Just before the small square in this hamlet, there is a small garden on the left that forms the third balcony. Take the adjoining path that descends steeply towards the wash house in Combe Girard. It forms an arc that leads to a stony path (not tarmac). Take it to the right. It descends southwards to the hamlet of Vaux-lès-Grenant, which is 1 km below.
(8) Cross this hamlet following the street called "Chemin des Vignes". Then turn left onto Rue de la Fontaine until you reach the junction with the D114 road. Follow it to the right towards Grenant, but after 200 m, turn left onto Chemin de La Grande Couture. It climbs south-west to join, 1 km higher up, the Chemin de Châteauneuf, also known as "Chemin Blanc".
(9) Turn left and descend for 1 km on this path until you reach the fork with the "Barbaricum" trail, which is located in a hairpin bend.
(10) Turn right and follow the white markings for the Barbaricum trail. This leads to the fourth balcony, Jaugey.
(11) Leave this balcony and walk 2 km through the woods on the "Barbaricum" (white markings) until you reach a crossroads where a sign indicates "Table du Druide 500 m".
(12) Follow the direction of the Table du Druide (north-east) to reach this fifth balcony. It offers a wide view of the Gironde valley and the Roche-Chèvre massif.
(13) Retrace your steps back to the crossroads.
(12) Descend 50 m north on the yellow-marked trail. Then turn left onto the path that descends steadily northwest towards the Jaugey wash house and, a few metres further down, the car park (S/E).
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