In the footsteps of the resistance fighters between Gedinne and Graide

(S) Gedinne station, Namur province. From the station building, head towards the N95. Turn left towards Bouillon, cross the level crossing and turn immediately left towards Rochefort. Follow the road for 370 m.

Blue Rectangle 27 signpost

(1) At the bend, where there is a wide open space on your left, cross carefully and take the grassy path on your right. Walk straight on until you reach a junction with a wide path.

No signposting

(2) At the junction, continue straight on along the wide, stony path.

(3) At the bend, continue straight on along the path. Head uphill, ignoring the adjacent paths, and once at the top, follow the path as it bends to the left. Continue until you reach the road. Cross with care and continue along the path opposite for 200 m.

Marking: Yellow Rectangle 3

(4) Take a sharp right-hand bend and follow the path. When you pass two fir woods, you’ll enter the province of Luxembourg and then emerge from the forest. At the road, go straight on and enter Haut-Fays. Walk past a telecoms mast and then past the water tower. Walk along the cemetery wall and, at the junction with another road, turn right.

Signposting: Yellow Rectangle 1 (occasional in the village)

At the junction with the N835, carry on straight ahead along the dead-end road. Walk down the road and past the farm. The road turns into a dirt track.

(5) At the Fork in the road, keep left and walk for 500 m.

(6) At the next Fork in the road, turn right and walk for 500 m.

(7) At the junction, carry on straight ahead for 1.3 km until you reach a large crossroads.

Cycle signpost 3: a Blue Triangle on two Blue Circles

(8) Turn right, cross over the La Rancenne stream and return to the province of Namur via an uphill stretch.

(9) At the crossroads with a picnic table, turn left. Go straight on at the crossroads and turn left onto the next path (not shown on the OSM map). Continue to the right and then ignore the path on your right. Carry on straight ahead. At the multi-way junction, go straight on.

Green Diamond signposting

(10) Turn left at the signpost and carry on straight ahead at the next junction. Then turn left just before the wide track and head onto a grassy path. This turns sharply to the right. Carry on straight ahead for 50 metres to reach the rear of the Maquisards’ memorial. Retrace your steps and turn left this time. Follow the path, which bends sharply to the right, and turn left at the crossroads. Leave the woods and walk along the meadows to the farm. Turn right at the wide car park near the farm.

(11) At the crossroads in the hamlet of Agrainchenêt, take the concrete track on the left. Walk downhill for 430 m until you reach a crossroads.

(12) Turn right onto the grassy path. Further on, ignore the path on your right, then the next one. A sign points to the Maquis camp (not shown on the OSM map). There is nothing to see there; it is just a sign indicating the hamlet – you will not find a reconstruction of the camp.

No signposting

Carry on straight ahead. The path veers sharply to the right. Head uphill; the path veers to the left. A track joins from your right.

(13) At the next track, turn left. The track curves sharply to the right and, at the crossroads, carry on straight ahead.

(14) At the small jetty on your left, turn off, cross the stream and head up the path. At the top, there’s a bench on your right and, further on, a crossroads; go straight on. Follow the path as it turns sharply left.

(15) At the junction, turn right; you’ll see the back of a wind turbine. The path bends sharply to the left as it passes below the wind turbine. Walk past a house; the path branches off to the right. Continue uphill until you reach the road. Turn left and follow the quiet road for just over 1.2 km, crossing over the Rives stream.

(16) Take a sharp right onto the farm track (but if you’d like to visit the Jardin des Hiboux, see the practical information) and walk for 450 m until you reach the end of a fir wood on your left, set back slightly from the track.

(17) Turn left at the vegetable patch. Continue along the main path until you reach the road. Cross with care and follow the farm track straight on until you reach the old local tram line, now a RAVeL path. Turn right.

(18) At the next junction, carry on straight ahead (not shown on the OSM map). At the railway line, turn left and head downhill to the road and Graide-station railway station (E).

No water available along the route.

May be muddy in places.

Picnic tables at (9) and (11).

At (16), to get to the Jardin des Hiboux, take the path on the left. At the end of the fence, turn right. At the T-junction, turn left. When you reach the road, turn right.

For the return journey:
Graide and Gedinne stations are served hourly (every two hours at weekends and on public holidays) by the L train from Libramont to Bertrix to Dinant. There are also a few buses, but they run very infrequently and few operate at weekends, during school holidays or on public holidays. So please be careful and plan your journey well in advance!

Nearby
Maquis Monument: a memorial stone honouring 17 resistance fighters killed in 1944.

RAVeL: Réseau Autonome de Voies Lentes (Autonomous Network of Low-Speed Routes) is an initiative of the Walloon Region in Belgium, which aims to create a network of routes reserved for pedestrians, cyclists, people with reduced mobility and horse riders, where conditions allow. This network of greenways follows towpaths and disused railway lines leased by the Region under a 99-year lease.

Nearby
Jardin des Hiboux: a falconry centre housing over 75 birds, with demonstrations of birds in flight.