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This hike starts near the Grézieu-La-Varenne cemetery, where you can park in a small car park to the left of the entrance on Rue des Forges.
(S/E) With your back to the cemetery, take the Voie Nouvelle de Ferrières, which climbs to the right of the car park. Follow this road for about 200 metres, then turn left onto Chemin du Martin.
Follow this path for about 1.5 km: be careful when crossing the farm, as we encountered cows on the path. After the pond, head up towards the farm, cross a hamlet of a few houses, and finally reach Rue de Verville (the road from Vaugneray to Pollionnay).
(1) Continue left on this road towards Vaugneray for 200 metres until you reach a crossroads. A few dozen metres further on, take the marked path on the right that leads up to the war memorial.
Here, you can take a break to enjoy the superb view of the Monts du Lyonnais in front of you, then turn around to take in the panoramic view from the Monts d'Or to Pilat, passing by the peaks of the Alps in the background.
After the monument, turn left onto Rue du Monument and continue to the crossroads.
(2) Turn right onto Rue du Recret. After 50 metres, turn left onto a path that runs between a fir tree plantation and a beautiful bourgeois house. Continue along this path for 600 metres, admiring the view of Vaugneray as you go. The path joins a street that leads you to the right to the Maletière signpost.
(3) Note the cross, then continue right on Rue de la Maletière. It climbs to the top of this walk before turning onto Chemin des Gouttes. Before turning onto Chemin des Gouttes, enjoy the view of the Rhône Valley and the Alps.
(4) Continue straight ahead on Chemin des Gouttes, passing in front of the Visitation monastery. Cross the Roman road and continue straight ahead on Chemin des Mésanges. Be careful when crossing the road that climbs to Col de la Luère, as visibility is reduced: take care when crossing!
Then continue straight ahead on the path that descends towards the Pollionnay road and the Ruisseau du Mercier stream. Once you reach the road, cross over and take the path directly opposite, taking care again as the crossing is on a bend with poor visibility. Then follow the road for 200 metres from the Asinerie de la Framboisine donkey farm.
(5) After a bus stop, note the Quinsonnière signpost on the left, but keep to the right and take the path that descends, running alongside the Ruisseau du Mercier stream.
Continue along the path (when we did this, branches left over from the December 2019 storm forced us to go through the adjacent meadow) to reach the bridge that crosses the stream and goes up towards the hamlet of Les Brosses.
From the hamlet, the path becomes a road again until it joins the RD24 at the Araby crossroads (PR® hiking sign).
(6) Turn left onto the RD24 for 300 metres. Be careful of the faster traffic on this road. Cross carefully and turn slightly right onto Route des Attignies. After the first crossroads, continue towards the centre of Grézieu for about 500 metres.
(7) Turn right onto Rue des Primevères and continue straight ahead until you reach the cemetery wall. Turn right to go around the cemetery and return to the car park where you started (S/E).
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