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Departure from the car park at the pond in Chasselay.
(S/E) Walk down Rue de l'Étang for 50 metres. Turn left onto Montée du Plantin. Pass Château du Plantin on your left and continue straight ahead.
Take advantage of the orientation table on the way and admire the view of the Monts du Beaujolais and Monts du Lyonnais.
Continue along the geological trail for 300 metres, following the signs towards Poleymieux, and walk about 100 metres after entering the woods.
(1) Take the path on the left that descends gently (be careful, as this section can be very muddy) and leads to a stream.
(2) Cross it and take the path that climbs to the right. Follow the course of the stream below. After a first hairpin bend on the left, continue along the path to an intersection. Take the path on the right and you will come to another intersection with a shrub in the centre. Take the path on the left and walk to the Madonna and back.
(3) The Madonna, a moment of rest and contemplation. Retrace your steps back to the intersection. Take the path on the left. Ignore the mountain bike trails on your left. After an uphill climb, you will arrive at a T-junction.
(4) Take the path on the right. After a steep climb, you will arrive at the geological trail and turn left towards Poleymieux. Arrive at Mont Py. Head towards the entrance to the quarry on the left for 30 metres. Take the path on the left that runs alongside the quarry and arrive at a tarmac road. Turn left onto Chemin de Chasselay and continue, ignoring Chemin de La Glande on the left.
(5) Turn right towards the Saint-Antoine Hermitage. Information boards provide details about the history of the Hermitage, then continue to the old hemp or flax retting pit.
(6) Follow the path that starts behind the information board about the retting pit.
Be careful, this is one of the steepest parts of the route.
Descend into the undergrowth. Leave the new path that branches off to the left and arrive at an intersection.
(7) Take the path on the left. You will come to a T-junction; turn right.
(8) At the crossroads, continue along the path that descends to the left.
Be careful, the slope is quite steep.
You will arrive at a path. Turn left and you will reach a T-junction. Take the path on the right, which is part of the Monts d'Or circular walk.
(9) At the road, turn left onto Chemin de Poleymieux and join Chemin de la Forêt, ignoring the paths branching off to the left and right. Continue right towards Rue de Génévréant and arrive at the intersection with the D16 departmental road. Turn left, continue for 100 metres and reach Rue de L'Étang and the car park (S/E).
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