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Park in the village square in Yvoir near the small playground.
(S/E) Leave the small playground on your right and head towards the railway bridge. Cross the bridge over the river (the Bocq) and then go under the railway bridge.
Cross the road and take the path just to the right of the entrance to the Yvoir village school. Follow the steps and then the very steep concrete path. At the top, cross the road and go up Rue des Vergers (red and blue markings).
(1) At house No. 15, take the path on the right (red and blue markings). At the top of the path, at an abandoned house, follow the red marking on the right. Walk alongside a ruined building (former Pizzeria du Launois - Taverne du tennis).
(2) At the end of the path, cross the main road in front of the Yvoir fire station and follow the road on the left for about 50 metres. Take the road on the right (Les Roches marker) and continue for about 600 metres until you reach a T-junction.
Turn left for a few metres (Red sign) onto a road that ends in a cul-de-sac. Follow the path to the right and go straight into the woods (Champalle nature reserve). After 50 metres, follow the Evrehailles signpost to the left and ignore the Rouge signpost to the right. A little further on, leave the path on the right to go to a viewpoint overlooking the Meuse valley (there is an old bench here).
(3) Return to the path and continue to the right into the boxwood forest (buxaie). At the end of the path, you will come to a wider dirt track. Continue to the right for about 500 metres. At the end of the track, take the road on the right (Allée de la Sapinière) for a few metres to reach the main road (N937).
(4) Follow the Evrehailles sign on the left for about 100 metres along the main road. Cross carefully and enter the housing estate, heading to the right (red sign). Walk for about 600 metres until you reach the stone villa at No. 48 on the left.
(5) Take the path on the left before the villa. At the end of the path, turn right towards the church (red signpost). Walk along the wall of the Ferme du Château du Buc on your left. In front of the church, turn left (red signpost) and walk up the street. At the top, at the fork, turn left (Parc de la Gayolle marker) and ignore the red marker to the right. At the top of the road, follow "Parc Gayolle" and "Bauche". Continue straight ahead (blue marker). At the fork, turn left onto Rue de Fontenelle.
(6) Pass a small white chapel on your left (Sacré Coeur de Jésus). Continue straight ahead on the country road, ignoring the path on the left leading to the quarry. At the fork, keep left and further on, enter the woods and go downhill.
(7) At the edge of the woods, continue straight ahead, walking alongside Parc de la Gayolle on your right. Follow the tarmac road (blue marker). About 100 m after the last house on the left, take a small path on your right which shortens the route by avoiding the last two circular loops of the road. Return to the road, arrive near the blue stone quarry and cross the Bocq twice to reach the pavement (Rue du Redeau).
(8) Turn right (blue and yellow markings). Keep to the left for about 200 metres, then take the path that goes up to the left (yellow marking). After 50 metres, follow the yellow markings and the direction of Tricointe, and enter the woods. Go up the stony path (fairly steep slope).
(9) At the top, at the edge of the woods, take the road on the right and you will arrive at the hamlet of Tricointe. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead (yellow marker and Tricointe). Continue along the asphalt road to the left (yellow marker and Tricointe) and ignore the post with seven other markers. Descend for a good kilometre along the road that takes you back to Yvoir.
(10) At the end of the woods and the large retirement home on the right, go up the road on the left (Allée de Lairbois). At letterbox No. 20, take the path on the right (Yvoir (centre), yellow and green markers) and descend into the woods on the concrete path for about 150 m until you reach the Virgin Mary viewpoint on your left.
(11) Retrace your steps and walk back up the concrete path to follow the path signposted "Centre ville" (Yellow) on the left. Walk down this steep path until you reach the centre of the village of Yvoir.
At the end of the path, turn left, cross the road, pass the bakery and the large building with grey shutters on the left side of the road, and walk along the entrance to Saint-Vincent School on your right.
Go around the church on the right and head for the car park (S/E).
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