Sur les Hauteurs de Laizy

The circuit is counter-clockwise.

Departure point : Car park of the village hall
Cross the Gourgeoise bridge and continue on the tarmac, at the crossroads opposite the Mairie turn left and take the Avenue de la Gare for 900m, after crossing the railway and leaving the church of St Pierre de Brion on the right, at the crossroads turn right for 800m and take the path which climbs on the left for 1.3 km. At the exit, take the tarmac on the left for 1 km and at the next crossroads continue to the right and then at the next crossroads turn right again towards Montoy in the hamlet of Montoy turn right onto the small tarmac which goes downhill and continue for 400m before taking a path which goes slightly to the right below.
Follow the path and admire the view over the Arroux plain, cross the small wooden barriers and at the bottom of the path at Champ Bonnard take the tarmac on the right for 400m, at the crossroads turn left and head back towards the village of Laizy, at the old railway station continue on the tarmac crossing the railway.
Behind the church take the left-hand road and a few dozen metres before the Arroux bridge take the path on the right along the river which leads to the starting car park

Little tip: follow the yellow markings

To know : The Arroux valley
At Etang-sur-Arroux, the valley narrows, forming a threshold. The high slopes recede a little. The tense bottom of the Autun Plain gives way to a maze of hills, criss-crossed by small valleys where the Arroux valley retains its dominance.
On either side of the Arroux, a succession of gentle reliefs on which the eye bounces or wanders, reveals a depth to the assertive slopes of the Morvan or the Montagne Autunoise which rise in the background. Here, what catches the eye is the coexistence of grassy hills, underlined by a graphic bocage, wooded hillsides that refocus the gaze on the valley floor, or the successive shifts from a belvedere to a more intimate background.

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