Leaflet Walks and hiking trails Haute-Somme and Poppy Country 5 La Régale A very moving walk. Time: 3 hours Your route begins in the ruins of the Distance: 9 km former village of Faÿ, Route: easy destroyed during the First World War... Leaving from: Faÿ, lane leading to the remains of the former village Faÿ, 14 km south-west of Péronne, 9 km north of Chaulnes Abbeville Albert Péronne Amiens Faÿ n i z Chaulnes a Ham B . C Montdidier © 1 Your route begins at the former 6 Follow the Bois Grignon and the This was a village village of Faÿ. Follow the lane Chuignes valley. Your route can Look at the still visible downhill, then carry on uphill wander at will. remains of the old church again through the Bois de Faÿ. 7 Head for Fontaine-les-Cappy. and farm buildings of the Turn right. Follow the plain, Keep straight on, leaving the village of Faÿ, evidence of then the Bois de Faÿ. Go right, church on your right. Follow the t the fighting in 1915 and s 1916. The remains of the then left. Continue through the road through the village. e r old listed church, noted for 8 plain. Leaving the road on your right, e the old paintings it contained, 2 Follow the Bois de Fontaine. take a grassy path for several t and of the farm buildings of n Turn left. Cross the plain. Turn dozen metres. Now follow the i the village of Faÿ have been right and follow the little lane wood and the Fontaine valley. f made safe by the Somme down as far as the road. Go up the road to your left and O Conseil Général. You can go 3 Turn left onto the road. When return to Faÿ and the ruins of where you like. After the you reach the stone in memory the former village. front was stabilised in of an officer, turn right. October 1914, the immediate 4 Make your way between the surroundings of the village Bois du Bus on your right and were shaken by the murderous the plain on your left. A few minefield warfare of 1915. Situated on the front line, dozen metres beyond the wood, Faÿ was captured in a pitched turn left. You get a good view of battle by Breton troops on the village of Fontaine-les- e t the 1st of July 1916. It was o Cappy in the distance. h D rebuilt in the thirties, a few . S Cross the plain. Turn right. hundred metres away. © 5 Walk downhill to follow the Tourism Office Haute-Somme, Bois de Chuignes and find Tel: 03 2284 4238 yourself back at the plain. www.hautesomme-tourisme.com Author: Isabelle Boidanghein • Translation: Gibson Language Team • Design: A Propos • Conception: Imp. Cg80 • 1000 copies - Spring 2011 6 7 8 5 4 1 3 2 In the vicinity 14 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. 16 km away, Étangs de Cléry-sur-Somme 10 km away, Proyart, Arc de Triomphe, a memorial to soldiers missing in action. 11 km away, Froissy, P’tit train de la Haute-Somme Signage Route Wrong 0 0,25 0,5 0,75 1 km Change of and Musée des Chemins de Fer Militaires et continues direction direction The paths are not suitable for This circuit is maintained by the group of communes of motor sports. Industriels [Military and Industrial Railway Haute-Picardie. Museum]. 5.5 km away, Haute-Picardie TGV station, fresco of Map IGN 2408 E the Pays Santerre Haute Somme.