RANDONNÉE - LA TOMBE DE L'AVIATEUR

Access : From Remiremont, go to Plombières-les-Bains. Take direction Xertigny/Bellefontaine to go to Ruaux Parking : Park in front of the camping of the center Distance : 6 km / Duration : 2 h / Difference in altitude : 270m / Marking : green ring. 1) Leave the center of the village of Ruaux by the main street then, 200m further, turn left. 2) Near an old calvary, a path on the left leads to the Notre Dame de Consolation chapel (some graves from the old cemetery). Go down to the stream of Chèvrecul in the woods. 3) Go towards the old mill of the same name which ceased to function after the 1st world war (very dilapidated mill and therefore strictly forbidden access). Cross the brook and turn right on a path sometimes cluttered with vegetation. At the next crossroads, the path on the right leads to an older mill of which only a cellar remains (this is where the millstone installed in the center of Ruaux comes from). 4) Follow a large path on the right. The aviator's grave is located 10m below this path. 5) Further on, you will see the ruins of a hamlet that has been deserted for about 50 years (beautiful stonework and a fountain). The circuit moves away from the forest to get closer to the farms by a path on the right. It leads to Sybille (former school). 6) 400m after the big farm, turn left, common section with the circuit of the Stanislas Fountain until Ruaux. 7) At Herbaux-Fontaine (fountain and chello), take a grassy path on the right of the hamlet. A staircase with rustic steps leads to the foot of the church (old calvaries). Follow the main street up to the starting point.