Cycling in the Pays des Collines

Meet at the place of Wodecq (V) in Wodecq. You start by turning your back on the Town Hall and arrive in Trieu. On the left, it goes to Ellezelles. Turn right and at the first fork right, take Quesnoit. You cycle along the Tordoir stream and pass the US Wodecq football field and the Moulin du Mouflu 1, which now houses a restaurant. Turn right and ignore the road to the left at the T-junction. The road becomes a bit hollow. After that, you have a beautiful view of the surroundings and you continue along the farms and chapels to a crossroads with the Poterie Le Châtelier 2 on the left. Continue straight on a wide concrete road. Follow it to the left and climb gently until you can enter Marloyaux from the right. You pedal along a narrow, hilly road past picturesque houses and farms and enjoy beautiful views. On the right, ignore the access road to the Cambroncheau farm and turn left at the fork. Pedal along the farm of Pucemaigne to the church of Lahamaide. Turn right, a little on the N529 and pass the Ecomusée du Pays des Collines 3 and the village school. Turn right and continue cycling to the first real intersection. Turn right, direction Flobecq, pass in front of a chapel and the nameplate of Ellezelles. Continue until you can enter Arlochoir on the left at the first quadrangle, just before the Wodecq nameplate.

You pass farms, ignore Frimbuis twice on the left and pedal to a farm with an adjoining chapel. Turn left and follow Ronsart to an intersection with a priority road and cambron on the other side. Turn right, on a wide concrete road, which is also called Ronsart, to the church of Grand Monchaut without worrying about secondary roads. Turn left onto Grand Monchaut (17-33) and pedal on a hollow road to the right of the church until the first fork, with a cross on the right. Turn left and at the next fork, turn left again, this time via Rue Houssière.

Hollow roads and panoramas The road becomes hollow again and you arrive at a T-junction. Turn right, between the farms until the crossroads with the rue du Dieu des Monts. Cross and continue pedaling along the edge of the forest, then through the forest. The road becomes hollow for a while and at the intersection with a dirt road right in front of you, turn left and continue cycling on a wide paved road. When you leave the forest, pass the Frasnes-lez-Buissenal nameplate and continue to the first intersection. Take Rue Hoguenne on the right and start a difficult climb. For a dirt road, turn left and then right. You continue climbing for a while, make a big turn through the landscape, ignore two secondary roads on the right and arrive at a crossroads with a dead end on the left and Rue des Monts on the right. Enjoy the panorama and also pay attention to the chapel on the left, near the half-hollow road. At the next fork, keep left. You descend through a semi-hollow road and then dig to a T-junction. Turn left and enjoy a giant panorama. Ignore a road on the right and at the next intersection take rue Bleurieu on the right. You descend in front of farms, then climb to the first quadrilateral. On the other side a statue of a lady without chapel and on the right an old chapel. Turn right here. This street is also called rue Bleurieu. At the fork, leave rue Delfosse on the right and continue straight, also rue Delfosse. You begin a difficult climb. Rue Delfosse turns right, you continue straight into Rue de la Croisette. Turn left with this road, climb between two farms and you will find yourself on another road, which you follow to the right. This street is also called rue de la Croisette. After a brief wink, you will arrive at a crossroads and you can once again enjoy an impressive panorama. Cross the crossroads, don't worry about back roads and go down to Saint-Sauveur Church. Before the church turn left until the T turn right, direction Renaix. Follow Rue des Combattants until you can turn left onto Rue Emile Deltenre at the fork. Then at the crossroads on the right, take rue Bailly and enter the open landscape. Around Mont-St-Laurent On the right is Mont-St-Laurent. At a white house from 1880, take Rue de la Tour Notre-Dame on the right. At the end of the street, at an 1870s house and a cross, turn left and follow Rue de Martinsart. You cycle around Mont-St-Laurent and keep left at the first fork. Further on, you exit into the bend of a road. Continue straight for another 100 m and at the next fork on the right, take rue de l'Etanque. Follow it to the end. Turn left, turn right and cross the Sint-Martensbeek. To the right of the road, it is called Ruisseau Saint-Martin. You are now at the language border and pedaling in East Flanders. Past a chapel and a few farms, ignore the Hoogdeurnestraat on the right and continue through the Deurnestraat until the next fork. Take the Albert Demanezstraat on the right, until the end. Turn right into Maquisstraat for a difficult climb and at the first intersection follow Kleine Heidestraat on the left until you reach Elzeelsesteenweg. Cross it and pedal diagonally to Kattemolenstraat. At the end of the road is the Moulin du Cat Sauvage or the Moulin à Chat 4 on a hill. You are back in Hainaut and are on the N57. Turn left and pedal directly into Crimont. At the first intersection with a cross, you pedal straight and you do the same on the second. Then leave a street on the left and, in front of house n°48, take the road on the right. Cinquant 1-44 is written on the road sign. Don't worry about the back roads and go down to the church of Ellezelles. Just after the agglomeration sign of Ellezelles, you turn right and in front of a farm on the left. Then skip a road on the right and take the first street on the left, passing a high wall and Ellezelles cemetery to the N519. Left. Then take the first street on the right, rue de Guinaumont, direction Brasserie Ellezelloise 5. At the first fork, choose Bruyère on the right. If you want to visit the brewery, you have to pedal 400 m to the left. You cross a hollow road and have to climb again. Don't worry about secondary roads, cross an intersection and keep a dead end on the right at a fork with a dead end on the left, with another nice view. Ignore another cul-de-sac on the right and pass a chapel. At the next intersection, also with a chapel, turn right. On the left is the Flobecq-Vloesberg nameplate. Follow Bruyère on the right, with 'Local Traffic'. Immediately after, you come to an intersection with unpaved roads straight and straight and a chapel. Turn left here. Then you turn with the road on the right and ignore a dead end street on the left. At the junction with a dirt road, turn left with the paved road. Paradise is now called the route and with the beautiful views, the name is well chosen. You arrive at the N57, cross it and still cross Paradise. Skip a cul-de-sac on the right and pedal further through Anais, passing two large farms to a T with a chapel. Turn right and into another chapel, turn left onto Quatre Chemins. You cross two intersections and the Quatre Chemins meet in rue Georges Dubreucq. Pass the cemetery until you reach Place de Wodecq.