For parking, the car parks at the château, the Place du Marché or the Maison de Santé are available.
(S/E) From the Place de la Maison de Santé (also known as Place Blanche), go to the right of the noticeboard and head uphill. Pass the Colette Museum and turn left after the Saracen tower. Go through the gate and follow Rue de Bel Air uphill to the ‘Stop’ sign. Cross straight ahead and continue, ignoring all roads on both the right and left.
(1) As you walk alongside the D955, at the first junction, turn left and walk down for 50 metres, cross this departmental road and continue straight ahead.
(2) Cross the embankment of the Étang des Barres (private), and carry on until you reach the D7. Turn left.
(3) With the Étang de la Folie on your right, carry on straight ahead. In a wide bend to the right, opposite the fir trees, turn right towards Les Boulmiers. At the first ‘Stop’ sign, go straight on. Carry on past Les Boulmiers, then head downhill to reach the junction by the Étang de Moutiers. You can just make it out behind the trees.
(4) At this junction, take the second turning on the right. Follow the edge of the lake, which is sometimes hidden from view and sometimes clearly visible, depending on the season. When you reach the embankment, follow it as far as the railway lines.
(5) Cross the tracks straight ahead, then follow this road uphill to the next junction with the D85. Cross over to take the right-hand road, towards Les Quinaux – Charmoy.
(6) Ride along the dyke of Charmoy Pond. At the top of this track, turn right (you’ll see large metal gates in front of you). Then ride alongside the woods, with a fence on your left forming the northern boundary of Boutissaint Wildlife Park.
(7) Turn right onto a small track with a house on the right and, a little further on, another on the left. Cycle for 200 metres and turn right at the bottom of the descent.
(8) Turn left (campsite on the right). Ignore the next left and the next right. Pass between a small development of wooden houses on the right and the horse farm on the left. Take the next left-hand track, which descends to the edge of the reservoir and then runs alongside a holiday camp (this section along the Bourdon is not as easy to cycle on).
(9) On arrival, take the road along the embankment; continue along this track which overlooks the reservoir, veering slightly away from it in places, and leads to Les Midoux.
(10) Carry straight on. Ride along the western boundary of Boutissaint Park, leaving the entrances on your left. After the large bend to the right, continue until you reach the junction with the D955.
(11) Turn left.
(12) Pass Guédelon Castle and, as the road winds, Guédelon Pond on your left.
(13) A few houses, then, on the right, Chassin Pond. Carry on, passing a first junction with four roads, then a second. Begin a descent and, halfway down the straight stretch, after three houses on the left, at the four-way junction, turn right.
(14) Head towards Les Veillats and take the first left (passing La Bussière des Bois on the opposite side). Ignore the next road on the right, then the road leading into the Jacquots farm, and continue along this lovely but winding little road. Pass through Les Dubois, then carry on straight down at the next junction.
(15) You’ll reach the Orme du Pont pond on your right; follow it until you reach the Stop sign. First turn right then left, then head up the well-shaded track.
(16) At the first junction where four roads meet, turn left. At the Fork in the road, keep slightly to the right, follow the path alongside a wooded area, and cross the industrial estate.
(17) Cross the railway tracks, turn left and continue straight on.
(18) When you reach Rue des Renards, head uphill, staying on this road which becomes Rue de la Roche. You’ll find the car park entrance on your right and the starting point (S/E).