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Departure from the leisure centre car park.
(S/E) From the car park, walk right around the swimming pool to the lake. Turning left, follow the right bank of the lake to the end on an asphalt track.
(1) Cross the D83 road, follow it a few metres to the right and take the left-hand path for 300m. Join a small tarmac road which you follow to the left.
(2) At the crossroads, take the right-hand path alongside the houses.
(3) At the bottom of Rue de Grand Rieu, turn left towards the small water mill and continue along the path that passes to the right of the site. Continue to the next junction.
(4) At the top of the path, continue to the end of the road and turn right down to the oratory.
(5) At the oratory, take the path on the left that runs alongside the water treatment plant. Pass the Eppe-Sauvage town hall.
(6) After the town hall, turn right onto Rue de la Place. After this street, turn left onto Rue de Verdun for about 250m.
(7) Fork right, Rue de Trélon.
(8) At the multiple crossroads, turn right onto Rue de la Marbrerie to reach Les Grignaux.
(9) Continue along Rue de la Marbrerie for 200m, then take a steep left-hand path. Continue uphill to join the D119 and follow it for about 250m.
(10) Leave the D119 on the right, at the edge of the forest. Join the Route Forestière de la Croix du Soldat (forest road) and follow it to the right.
(11) Leave the forest road on the left and continue straight on towards the lake. Continue as far as the Chêne Jupiter (tree planted in 1760).
(12) Retrace your steps and continue along the lake on your right. Pass the Maison Forestière des Grandes Pâtures and reach a bridge.
(13) After the bridge, take the right-hand path along the lake.
(14) After this long, winding, well-marked section of the lake's left bank, take the left-hand path up into the forest. Reach a tarmac road and follow it to the left for 300m.
(15) Turn right onto the carriageway towards Chapelle Sainte-Hiltrude. After the chapel, continue for approx. 150m.
(16) Take a downhill path to the left, which crosses a small stream (footbridge) a little further down. Then climb up, crossing a forest track twice, and head back down towards the village of Liessies.
(17) Once in the village of Liessies, follow the D963 to the right for approx. 500m.
(18) After the bridge, turn right towards the Liessies mill (private). At the mill, go straight on for 50 m, then turn left onto the path alongside the Liessies campsite.
(19) Cross the D133 and go up Rue des Beaux Monts for 100 m, then take the left-hand path. After a slight descent, turn right along the D963 for a few metres and follow the carriage road to the right as far as the boundary fence of the Liessies hospital park.
(20) At the end of the carriage road, follow the path to the right along the barbed-wire fence marking the boundary of the Hôpital Départemental de Liessies park (you are inside the park, on private land). After going along a stream, close to a blockhouse, the path climbs up to the right towards some dwellings.
(21) Cross Rue de Beaumont and go straight ahead, slightly to the right. Follow the asphalt road for approx. 400m.
(22) Turn left into a hedge path, then pass a farm. After the farm, continue along the track that runs alongside the Val Joly campsite and joins the D133.
(23) Cross this road and turn left onto the cycle path towards the water sports centre. Cross the footbridge and follow the lake towards the leisure centre and car park (S/E).
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