The Tour de Rochehaut

Go to Rochehaut-sur-Semois at the belvedere of Frahan (V) on the road to Alle (Bouillon). With the panorama on your right, start towards the center. At the intersection, turn right and go to the right of the church. Cross the Menuchenet-Poupehan road diagonally on the left and pedal in the Chemin des Falloises. Where it turns right, go straight up the Voie de Remifontaine to the next intersection, with a beautiful view. Turn left here. On your right, there may be bison in the meadow. These belong to the Animal Park of the Auberge de la Ferme. You will pass in front of the Ferme Boreux and Agri-museum 1 on regional agriculture of yesteryear. Cross Rue du Palis and pass La Salle du Petit Bois until you reach the paved road to Vivy and follow it to the right. Venture into the forest and ignore all secondary roads until you reach the Cornimont-Vivy road. Follow it on the right, leave the road to Vivy on the right at the fork and continue straight. On the right you can see the dome of the Vivy 2 Astronomical Observatory and further on the church and the basin of the village of Vivy. To Carlsbourg Continue to follow the way from Cornimont to the T-junction. In front of the house with the number 39 turn right. Enjoy the view and leave the road to Mogimont on the right. It now descends further to Carlsbourg. You arrive at the busy N95. Cross it carefully and immediately take Rue des Ronchis on the right. Follow this winding and flat road through the agricultural landscape to the end and turn left. Immediately, the Y-junction follows and you stay to the right. Don't worry about the side streets and cycle along the back of the Carlsbourg church to the T-junction. Turn right towards Paliseul-Gare. You now pedal down Rue des Soquettes, a hilly road through an agricultural landscape with forests in the background. Past the Carlsbourg agglomeration sign, take the first paved road on the left between the meadows. You pass the sign of agglomeration of Merny and see the church in height. At the end of Rue de Rodou, turn left. At the end, turn right towards the church. You pedal towards Paliseul and at the church of Merny you leave the main road and turn diagonally left, rue des Brûlins, direction Naomé. You pass an 1821 farm and cross the railroad tracks. Ignore all secondary roads and head to the forest. Naomé to Bièvre On your way out, you can already see the church of Naomé in the distance. Past the agglomeration sign of the Moulin de Naomé, ignore the road to Carlsbourg-Gare on the left. You pedal along the football field (left) of the Entente Naomé and arrive at a T-junction with a sturdy linden tree. Turn right and immediately left, direction Graide, along the Salle des Fêtes and between separate buildings with a beautiful view in front of you. Don't worry about secondary roads, cross the Francs Bois and walk along the FC Gruide football field. Follow the rue de Naomé almost to the end. In front of the house n ° 6, take the alley on the left, which goes straight to a mirror. Turn left and immediately right into Rue de Gedinne, with a furniture warehouse around the corner. Cross the Graide stream and turn left at the crossroads, direction Bièvre. You slowly leave the village and can enjoy a 360 ° panorama with some wind turbines on the right. After a forest strip, you cross the railway bridge by bike through the Rue du Point d'Arrêt to a roundabout. Continue straight, direction the church of Bièvre. Ignore the road to Monceau on the left. The road turns left after the church, towards Houdremont. You pass in front of the post office (right) and choose diagonally left at the fork, direction Bellefontaine and Orchimont.

Get out of Bièvre and head further into the forest. When you get out, the road splits. Turn left towards Bellefontaine. You drive on a slightly hilly road and get a nice view of Bellefontaine. At the church, which you pass on the left, you come to another road, which is called "Village" for short. Follow it on the left, direction Monceau. Go up to the Monceau bend with the road on the left and descend gently on a hollow road. At the fork, you keep left, continue to follow the direction Monceau and start a long and difficult climb. If you leave the forest, you will see a small power plant on the left and you will pass Croix Timon (415 m). You arrive on a priority road and follow it straight towards the church. Pass in front and take rue d'Oizy 100 m further left. Turn left and then right towards Oizy and stay on the main road uphill. You have a beautiful view of Monceau. Past the end of the Monceau agglomeration sign in the Ardennes, you can descend smoothly. Don't worry about secondary roads and let yourself get swollen. Cross the Ruisseau du Bois and start climbing again. After a number of weekends (left), you arrive at the church of Oizy after a bend. Follow the priority road to the right. Don't worry about secondary roads until you can pedal diagonally to the left on a narrow, downhill paved road just after the end of the Osizy agglomeration sign. It continues gently wavy. Don't worry about secondary roads, pass Les Blédous (395 m) and continue until you reach the T-junction. Turn right and on the next T turn left. The road widens and you descend gently, with a beautiful view in front of you. Past the Gros-Fays agglomeration sign, a road from the right is added. The road becomes hollow and a little further you pass a farm from 1890. Cornimont to Rochehaut You cross the road to Alle and drive to the church of Gros-Fays. Turn left towards Cornimont. In a bend, you pass a picnic area and then descend, without worrying about secondary roads. At the bottom right flows the stream of Gros-Fays. After a while, you start climbing again. Past the cornimont agglomeration sign, immediately take the first street on the right. All the streets here are called Cornimont. 'Elevage Blondes d'Aquitaine' can be read in the farm around the corner. At the T-junction, you pedal right and you arrive at the chapel of Monon 3 of 1783 on the left. On the right, it goes to All. You choose the left and go further with the paved road on the right and get a beautiful view of Cornimont. At the crossroads, you turn left sharply. The road continues to climb gently and when you go into the forest, the asphalt turns into a gravel road and you enjoy the beautiful forest. On the way out, you have a beautiful view of Rochehaut. At the end of the gravel road, you arrive at the paved road on which you have just driven to Vivy. Turn right until you reach the crossroads. Turn right towards Rochehaut, after the hotel L'An 1600 (right) until you reach the church. On the left the Old School and on the right the place Marie Howet 4 with a bakery, the Boutique Ardennaise with many local products, a tea room and on the corner the Taverne de la Fermette (regional dishes Ardennes). Next to the tavern leaves the tourist train, which crosses the animal park and passes in front of the Agri-museum. Behind the square is the Auberge de la Ferme, where the history of the Boreux family began.