Margaret's walk from rue Nisard

Today's walk from rue Nisard was a change from the usual one. New!! it had said on the blog, but that meant a change of venue because of roadworks on the Ring. As it turned out, though,we did in fact do a new walk - one that had previously been recced after a fashion, but not adopted because it didn't take in a café big enough to accommodate a large group. Today there were just four of us, so we took the opportunity to avoid ending up "you know where" yet again and set off on a half-remembered route that took us on unfamiliar forest paths. With a little bit of puzzling over the map, we eventually emerged from the forest at the intended spot and walked down through the picturesque Coin du Balai to the Place Wiener, where we paused for coffee at a little restaurant Melly knew (sadly no more suitable for large numbers of muddy-booted ladies than the bookshop cum café some of us had already visited). We then made our way back up to the cars (NOT via the long and winding rue Nisard!) Mostly the weather was kind (warm, even), though the forecast downpour did materialise towards the end. But we had come prepared.