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Start from Villers-Saint-Frambourg, to the north-east of the village, at the end of Rue de la Croix Dupille (at the bend on the right). Park in the street or an adjacent street.
(S/E) Head north-west along a pleasant path, keeping the houses on your left. Ignore the turnings to the left.
(1) Pass through a gate and take thefirst path on the right (Chemin du Cheval Blanc), which climbs towards the forest. Enter the forest and continue straight on.
(2) At the junction, turn right onto Route Cammomie. Walk uphill for about 600 m.
(3) At the crossroads, turn left onto Route des Dames. Continue straight on to Poteau des Dames (note a fountain on the right as you pass).
(4) At the Poteau des Dames, follow Route du Cerfouillet to the left (GR®12and the Way of St James). After a slight climb, head back down to reach a junction.
(5) Turn right onto the Chemin du Cheval Blanc (leaving theGR®12). After a few dozen metres, you will find the Rocher au Sanglier on the right. Continue north-north-west along the main path. After about 250 m, turn left, still following the Chemin du Cheval Blanc. Cross a road and continue straight ahead for about a hundred metres.
(6) Turn left off the path and you will immediately come to the Dolmen de Chancey, which is simply a discreet upright stone. Retrace your steps.
(6) Continue north-west along the Chemin du Cheval Blanc. Go straight on at the various junctions until you reach a T-junction.
(7) Follow the track to the right, the Route du Grand Maître. At the signpost of the same name, cross a tarmac road and continue straight ahead. Climb steeply up to the Poteau du Mont Pagnotte (crossing a tarmac road on the way).
(8) At the Mont Pagnotte signpost, take thesecond left, the Route du Mont Pagnotte, a path that descends.
(9) At the next junction, follow a path on the left which quickly leads to the Fontaine du Pied Dufaux, on the right in the undergrowth. Turn back.
(9) Follow a path straight ahead. After about 150 m, at a fork, turn right.
(10) At the junction with a tarmac road (antenna, pylon), turn left. Stay along the edge of the plateau, heading due east then east-southeast, and ignore all side paths.
(11) At the Carrefour du Haut Merdun, follow the Chemin de Saint-Jacques (GR®12) to the left.
(12) At the Chatillon crossroads, continue straight on, heading due east, for about 700 m.
(13) At the junction, continue straight on (let theGR®12turn right). After about 150 m, turn left off the path into the clearing (thinned-out forest). Walk downhill for about 100 metres to reach the Fontaine Saint-Barthélémy. Retrace your steps.
(13) Continue straight on to the Carrefour Chatillon.
(12) Then turn left onto a wide path. Stay on this path until you reach the Poteau d'Yvillers, ignoring all side paths.
(14) Continue straight on (west) and turn immediately right to find the Fontaine D'Yvillers. Retrace your steps to the Poteau d'Yvillers.
(14) At the Yvillers signpost, take the Cammomie road south-west and return to the junction you passed at the start of the walk.
(3) Continue straight on for about 600 m and go downhill.
(2) Turn left.
(1) Turn left and pass through a gate you saw on the way out to return to the starting point.
(S/E) For those wishing to see Fontaine Auber, take a path up to the left (north).
(15) At the fork, veer left and head up between the fields towards the forest. Further on, head into a small wood and you will soon reach the fountain.
(16) Retrace your steps back to the starting point (S/E).
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