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Departure from Landrecies: former Clarcke barracks, near the Sambre.
(S/E) Take the RD934 towards Le Quesnoy, crossing over the railway tracks. Follow the Faubourg Soyères.
(1) After 900 metres, turn left onto the tarmac road of Rosembois. Further on, you will pass the Notre-Dame de Grâce Chapel, surrounded by chestnut trees and hornbeams.
(2) Carefully cross the Preux-au-Bois road (RD934) at a place called Le Pavé Blanc and follow it to the right for 100 metres. Turn left onto a tarmac road. This road crosses the bocage and offers views of the Mormal forest. For 2,300 metres, ignore the various paths and roads you come across on your right and left.
(3) Turn left once and then left again just before the railway line.
(4) Cross the railway line via the underpass and join a forest path at the edge. At the road, continue to the right.
(5) Turn onto the first path on the left, which leads to the Sambre river. Follow the river on the right for 700 metres.
(6) Leave the towpath and follow Chemin des Mauviards, which means "blackbird" and is lined with hawthorn and elderberry trees. This path runs alongside wet meadows rich in flora and fauna, which are home to many migratory birds.
(7) Pass by the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Chapel (on the map, Évrard Chapel 1887). Continue until you reach a tile and ceramics factory.
(8) Turn left back towards the banks of the Sambre, then right towards the former Clarcke barracks (S/E).
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Difficult 
