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Departure from the car park at the entrance to Rue de la Station in Houtain-Saint-Siméon.
(S/E) From the car park, head towards the back of the square, going around it on the right. Cross the roundabout on the left and take the grassy path between two tall hedges, below a paved footpath (which you will rejoin later). At the end of the path, turn left onto the dirt track.
(1) At the place called "Au buisson"/"A la Tombe", 150 m further on, turn right onto the tree-lined footpath. At the junction with the road (large modern hangar), continue straight ahead on the concrete farm track and keep left at the fork.
(2) Immediately after (picnic table), turn left onto the path descending between the conifers. This path leads to the village of Heure-le-Romain and becomes tarmac on its last section.
At the end of the tarmac road, opposite a school, cross and turn right onto Rue de la Hachette until you reach the next crossroads. Turn left (Rue du Vivier) and continue straight on until you reach a small triangular square (Place des Trois Comtés). Cross the road and go straight up Rue Thier de l'Abbaye.
(3) About a hundred metres after entering the street, turn left into the cul-de-sac that climbs between two tree-lined ditches. On the plateau, the tarmac gives way to a dirt track, which passes between two quarries and ends on the plateau, in the middle of the fields. At the crossroads of the dirt tracks, turn right.
(4) Pass the cross and descend to the left onto the grassy path (before an orchard) towards Trou d'Enfer (an old quarry). At the end of the dirt track, take the concrete path on the left towards the main road.
(5) When you reach the main road, cross with great caution, making a quick first turn left then right to take the path uphill towards Les Hauts de Froidmont.
(6) Halfway up the hill, there is an impressive view of an old quarry that has been completely re-vegetated. At the top of the hill, take the concrete path on the left, then left again onto the village road overlooking the valley.
(7) At the next crossroads (covered picnic area on the left, large house and car park on the right), turn right onto the dirt track leading into the fields on the plateau. Ignore the first track on the right and the next crossroads and continue straight on to the other end of the plateau. The path becomes narrower, dips slightly between the fields and gradually descends to join another dirt track.
(8) Turn right to continue downhill and go straight ahead at the next junction. The track descends through woods and meadows to become a carriage road (Rue de la Voie de Liège) and ends at the bottom with a wide left-hand bend, coming out opposite a railway bridge.
(9) Before the bridge, take the path that starts on the left of the road, slightly above, and goes around a house before running below the railway line. Follow this path through the woods for a good kilometre until you reach a bend in a tarmac road.
(10) Walk down the tarmac road for about 30 metres, then turn left onto the path that branches off diagonally. This path winds through the woods, following the contour line; it crosses a tarmac road and continues to meander gently before emerging in the middle of fields and meadows.
(11) At the junction with a farm track, continue straight ahead towards the village of Houtain-Saint-Siméon, following the road (Rue de Wonck), which soon crosses the main road and joins the car park (S/E).
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