Leaflet Walks and hiking trails Haute- and Poppy Country 17 The Binard Way (Le chemin Binard )

A stroll among the Time: 4 hours 20 plains and woods where you will discover Distance: 13 km a more traditional Route: moderate Haute Somme with some very pleasing Leaving from: Church in views. Buire Courcelles

Buire-Courcelles, 7 km to the east of Péronne

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1 With your back to the church of Quentin, then to Athies, a The traditional beet Saint-Martin in Buire-Courcelles, neighbouring village. This is a Throughout your walk, you cross the road carefully. Walk modern church from the time of may pass beside a field of straight on. Take the lane to the the Reconstruction, the work of beets. Remember that the right. Walk up towards the plain the architect Jacques Debat-Ponsan beet is a biennial plant: the first year is the so-called and walk alongside the Bois in 1929. It follows a free t s “vegetative” phase.

Legrez. Bear left towards the Bois interpretation of the Gothic look. e

r The leaves develop and the Pierrot, then left twice more. 4 At the D181, cross the road. e root is formed. The sugar 2 Keep straight on. Cross the D6 Turn left, then after a few t stores build up. This is the n

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Walk down towards Bussu plain, then a thicket, and the f on, in the second year, the

along the Rue des Prés, Take main road for a few metres. O plants bolt, flower and set the road on your left. Cross Cross it, then skirt the Bois de seed. In this region, most the D181. Bear right. Buire to head back towards of the beet produced is 3 Walk up through the plains Buire-Courcelles. sugar-beet. The sugar is towards . Pass the 5 Cross the D6 to go down extracted after the roots have water tower. Turn right to get to towards Buire-Courcelles. Carry been grated, then allowed to Driencourt. Walk down the road. straight on. As you come into diffuse into hot water. After drying, the beet pulp is used Turn right. Go past the church. Buire-Courcelles, turn right. to feed livestock. The purified Continue walking through the Keep going. When you come to beet juice can be used to village. Take the D181E up the War Memorial, turn left, make alcohol or molasses, towards the Bois de Buire. then right, to find yourself back which livestock love, The church in Driencourt is in front of the church. particularly horses. dedicated to Sainte-Radegonde, queen of the Franks, who as a Tourism Offices: Haute-Somme, child was kidnapped by Clotaire Tel: 03 2284 4238 before being taken first to Saint- www.hautesomme-tourisme.com In the vicinity

4 km away: the menhir is regarded as one of the finest megaliths in Northern . According to the legend, the fairies from the Rocogne Wood used to come down and dance around it. Another story is that the giant Gargantua, walking through the valley, was annoyed by a stone in his shoe. He shook it out, and the stone embedded itself in the bank of the Cologne! 7 km away, Péronne: Historial de la Grande 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. 9 km away, Guyencourt-Saulcourt: a village renowned for its floral displays, rewarded with the Entente Florale Europe Competition 4 Gold Medal in 2010.

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