Around Fervaques and Auquainville

This route is a double circular route around the commune of Fervaques.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 17.34 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 198 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 197 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 185 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 82 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Fervaques (14140)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 49.042174° / E 0.254674°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1713SB
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Description of the walk

Car park on the side of the road near the post office

(S/E) Head south, then turn right onto Avenue Bourdon, then right onto Rue de Livarot. Continue along the road.

(1) Cross over the River La Touques and, at the crossroads, turn right onto the "Le Val Miesse" path heading north. Continue straight ahead until you reach the church, which you go around on the right to head west towards Auquainville.

(2) At the cross, turn right for 150 metres, then left and follow Chemin du Lieu Petit.

(3) Turn left onto a path in the forest, then turn left after 300 m, cross one road, then a second.

(4) At the end of the path, turn left onto Chemin de la Forge Maltière, which meets the D149a road. Turn left for 200 m, then right onto the path.

(5) After crossing the Ruisseau de la Marette stream, turn left onto the path. Follow it downhill until you reach the junction with another path.

(6) Turn right onto the path you took on the way there to return to the village of Fervaques. When you reach the D47 road, turn left carefully, follow the road past the church, then continue straight on the D64.

(7) Turn left onto the uphill path, pass the crossroads and enter Chemin de la Moissonnière, continuing uphill.

(8) At the junction with a road, turn right onto the tarmac road and, after 500 m, take the path downhill followed by a steep climb and continue straight ahead.

(9) Turn left onto the path, pass under a power line and arrive at the road.

(10) Follow it to the left for 100 metres. Follow the D47 to the right for 100 metres, taking care, and turn left onto the path.

(11) At the next junction, turn left, then turn right onto the road and continue into the forest.

(12) Turn right, reach the road and turn left onto the path, following it to the crossroads. Follow the road due west, then turn left twice. Pass La Cuilleraie to re-enter the forest and cross it.

(13) At the end, turn right heading due west. After a fairly steep descent, pass in front of the cemetery and at the bottom, turn right to arrive at the starting car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 95 m - Parking by the roadside near the post office.
  2. 1 : km 0.41 - alt. 82 m - Bridge - Touques (fleuve)
  3. 2 : km 3.06 - alt. 160 m - At the cross on the right
  4. 3 : km 3.7 - alt. 154 m - Turn left into the forest.
  5. 4 : km 5.01 - alt. 172 m - On the left, Chemin de la Forge Maltière
  6. 5 : km 6.12 - alt. 154 m - Turn left onto the path.
  7. 6 : km 7.11 - alt. 89 m - Right towards Fervaques
  8. 7 : km 8.73 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto the uphill path.
  9. 8 : km 9.72 - alt. 168 m - Turn right onto the tarmac road.
  10. 9 : km 11.11 - alt. 181 m - Turn left onto the path.
  11. 10 : km 11.8 - alt. 184 m - Follow the road to the left.
  12. 11 : km 12.4 - alt. 181 m - Turn left onto the path.
  13. 12 : km 13.48 - alt. 178 m - Turn right onto the path.
  14. 13 : km 16.45 - alt. 166 m - Right, heading due west
  15. S/E : km 17.34 - alt. 95 m - Parking by the roadside near the post office.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.9 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
Isabelle Bournier
Isabelle Bournier

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 11, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A superb hike with varied and beautiful landscapes, heritage sites to discover and, above all, nature and unexpected encounters with animals. We skipped point 11 and continued straight on to 12. The little road is pretty.
Thank you for this beautiful hike.

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Conqué
Conqué
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 30, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb route. Indeed, even after a period without rain, the section between 10 and 11 is impassable. The rest is really easy and very pleasant.
Thank you for this beautiful route.

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 06, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This is the second time I've done this route and I still love it just as much.
I advise hikers to go from point 10 directly to point 12.
Explanations:
Point 10: I have already mentioned that there is a pond that overflows onto the path. The path is flooded for about 60 metres, and you have to walk through water up to your ankles, so your feet will get wet. More seriously, on my first visit, I noticed that there were dogs running along the fence, barking. I was not very reassured, and today I had the same experience again, but this time I almost lost the bottom of my trousers or my calves. The fence is made of widely spaced barbed wire, and I was surprised to feel the breath of these dogs 50 cm from my legs. If it hadn't been for a 3- or 4-year-old child who called them back just in time, I think I would have ended up in A&E.
So it's a very dangerous path in these conditions.

Otherwise, thanks again, jjd, for this trail.

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mcmouist
mcmouist

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 03, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : Not used / Not applicable
Very busy route : No

Superb hike, no particular difficulty or mud.

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Pervenche
Pervenche

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 05, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike in the Pays d'Auge region, surrounded by meadows and orchards, mostly shaded with sections through woods and beautiful paths, including sunken lanes. I took the path in reverse and modified the route slightly so as not to return to Fervaques, the starting point. To do this:
- take the first half in the opposite direction of the numbers
- after number 2 (Aquainville), instead of turning right at the church/cemetery, continue straight on the small road, cross the Touques, cross the D 64 and continue on the small D135b towards Les Mollants. At Le Bosquet, take the beautiful path that branches off the D135b to the right. Continue straight ahead on this path to rejoin the route at point 12 and continue to Fervaques via numbers 11, 10, 9, etc. (reverse route).

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 18, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A superb route with magnificent views of the Pays d'Auge countryside and the chance to discover the little village of Fervaques, which I really liked. It is full of listed monuments and there is a route, within the village only, called the Eugène Boudin route, named after the painter who stayed many times with his friends Eugène and Stéphanie Jacquettes on the road to Orbec.
The second circular loop of the route is very muddy, even impassable at this time of year at point 10. On the path, which is already difficult to walk on (mud up to your ankles), there is a puddle 200 metres after the start that covers the path for about 60 metres. I managed to cross it with water up to my knees.
At point 1: turn right onto the "Le Val Miesse" path heading north. In fact, when you turn right, it is the Chemin des Ruettes (the name must have changed in the meantime).
At point 5: the Marette stream must no longer exist (I didn't see it despite the season). Then it says to turn left and follow the path downhill, continuing until you reach the junction with another path. In fact, you arrive at an X-shaped crossroads of tarmac paths with the Saint-Aubin chapel on your right. I turned right as indicated to reach the end of the hairpin bend on the D47, which I descended to return to the village and complete the second part of the route.
At point 8: ignore the path that branches off to the left at the top of the hill. Continue straight ahead after the barrier to reach the D47 road, which you must cross and take the path opposite to reach point 9.

During the hike or nearby: Fervaques is a beautiful little village worth visiting.
The Eugène Boudin route, with its points of interest.
Saint-Germain Church,
The Château du Kinor or Château de Fervaques, dating from the 14th and 16th centuries.
The public fountain built in 1820,
The bread oven, restored in 2006,
The old prison built in 1833,
Memorial plaque "to the generals of the revolution of the empire" at 16 Rue Hautechaud (now a pharmacy),
Memorial plaque to resistance fighters Paul and Andrée Hautechaud at 12 Rue Hautechaud,
The grave of British Lieutenant Anthony Clarcke, who died on 21 August 1944,
The former Eugène Jacquette property known as "Les Fontaines" on Route d'Orbec (private),
The former post office and telegraph office, a half-timbered house.

Thank you, JJD14, for this wonderful walk.

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JJD14
JJD14

Good evening
Thank you for your comment on Fervaques
See you soon

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jice14
jice14

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 22, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Fervaques, a very pretty little village typical of the Pays d'Auge region

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