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Leaflet Walks and hiking trails Haute-Somme and Poppy Country 4 The Violette Marshes (Les marais de la Violette ) This walk takes you Time: 2 hours 50 to unsuspected landscapes. It would Distance: 8.5 km be pointless to say Route: easy more, just go for a stroll... Leaving from: Campsite in Proyart Proyart, 22 km west of Péronne, 14 km north- west of Chaulnes Abbeville Albert Péronne Amiens Proyart n i z Chaulnes a B Ham . C Montdidier © 1 Head downhill from the hoarding for several kilometres until you marshes then take the path and carry on to the left. come upon the weir where the upward, with the Sous-bois des Turn right round a hairpin bend. original Somme tumbles into Câteaux on one side and the Go deep into the communal the main river. Bois des Câteaux on the other. marshes. 5 At the end of the towpath, 7 Keep walking straight on then 2 Take the second narrow lane on which is now a gravel road, turn turn right to return to the the left. Cross the footbridge. left by the lock keeper’s house. campsite in Proyart. Walk past the ponds. The Follow the road. At the scenery becomes ever wilder. Méricourt-sur-Somme campsite, The bountiful Somme The marshes and ponds are go left and walk up to the plain The Somme and its tributaries manmade through digging and to reach the Marais des are home to an extraordinary breaking up the land to extract Tourberies. variety of flora and fauna. the peat. Once dried out, it The restored Méricourt-sur- For instance: 114 nesting t species out of 264 identified was used to build houses and Somme ponds and marshes are s in France are present in the factories. The people also used an area for walking and exploring e r valley. You can find rare species it as fuel and, after it was burnt, within one of the eight meanders e such as the little bittern, the as fertiliser. of the Somme, and is designated t black-crowned night heron, n 3 i Cross a second footbridge. Tourisme et Handicap. the Eurasian bittern or the Continue your stroll off the 6 Pass through the narrow f bearded reedling. Little beaten track, between the trees entrance (made from cement O grebes, fulmars, moorhens, and the luxuriant vegetation. blocks), and go down several and mallards adore the Your route is punctuated by the metres. Turn right. Follow the ponds. Reeds, carnivorous plants, orchids, and ferns are singing of marsh birds. Cross a Tourism Offices: Haute-Somme, third footbridge before coming in their element. White Tel: 03 2284 4238 water-lilies serve as larders out onto the grassy towpath of www.hautesomme-tourisme.com and shelters to the aquatic the Canal de la Somme. Poppy Country: Tel: 03 2275 1642 species. 4 Follow the Canal de la Somme www.tourisme-paysducoquelicot.com Author: Isabelle Boidanghein • Translation: Gibson Language Team • Design: A Propos • Conception: Imp. Cg80 • 1000 copies - Spring 2011 5 6 4 7 3 In the vicinity In Proyart, Arc de Triomphe, a memorial to soldiers 2 missing in action 22 km away, Péronne, Historial de la Grande 1 Guerre, Hôtel de Ville, Hardines or floating market gardens, Musée Alfred-Danicourt, church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Étang du Cam, Porte de Bretagne, Ramparts, etc. 20 km away, Étangs de Saint-Christ-Briost 13 km away, Belvédère de Vaux 4.5 km away, Froissy, P’tit train de la Haute-Somme 13 km away, Haute Picardie TGV station, fresco of Signage Route Wrong 0 0,25 0,5 0,75 1 km Change of the Santerre Haute Somme Country continues direction direction The paths are not suitable for This circuit is maintained by the group of communes of horses or motor sports. 11 km away, Cappy, marina, P’tit train de la Haute-Picardie and by the Poppy Country. Haute-Somme 18 km away, Albert, Musée Somme 1916, Circuit Map IGN 2408 O, 2408 E of Remembrance, Basilica.