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Visitor and motorhome parking, Route de La Craie.
(S/E) Go up Allée des Réfugiés Luxembourgeois (at the top right of the car park), then turn left after the multi-sports area to join the Moines Blancs climb, which you will follow to the top. Turn right onto Chemin de la Fay and go down to the crossroads.
(1) At the crossroads, cross carefully, then turn left onto the D989 until you reach a garage. Turn right onto Chemin des Grands Crays.
(2) At the crossroads, turn right, then immediately slightly left onto the yellow-marked path along the meadow, which you will follow straight ahead until you reach the Bois des Prêtres crossroads.
(3) Turn right towards Hauteval, then continue until you reach a road.
(4) At the Bois de l'Entre-Geay crossroads, continue right along Route de la Guiche until you reach the first crossroads before the hamlet of Hauteval.
(5) At the crossroads, leave the yellow markings and turn right, then left, then right again at a house. At an old house, take the grassy path on the left. Walk downhill for about 500 metres until you reach two meadows, then, at the entrance to the woods, climb up to the left at a recently cut and replanted plot of young fir trees (overgrown with brambles and willows) until you reach an old gate on the right at Bois Rompay.
(6) Turn right, then continue straight ahead, leaving a path on the right at a crossroads. Leave a path on the left to reach the Calendre crossroads.
(7) Turn left towards Couroule, following the edge of the Bois de la Tour. Admire the view of the hilltop village of Semur-en-Brionnais on your right.
(8) At the Bois du Viraud crossroads, turn right onto a difficult, stony descent (take care). Pass the pond on your right and climb back up to the D9.
(9) Follow it to the left for about 40 metres, then climb up to the right via a steep passage for a few metres.
(10) At the Gros Bois crossroads, turn right and continue straight ahead for about 1.5 km.
(11) At the Bois Rageot crossroads, turn left and continue for 400 m until you reach a power line. Go down to the right along it.
(12) Once you reach a paved local road at a place called La Fredelière, turn left for about 250 metres, then go down a path on the right to reach the valley and follow the path parallel to the Merdasson stream. Cross a small bridge, pass by the Château de la Vallée and continue to the Saint-Martin crossroads (cross).
(13) Visit the Romanesque chapel of Saint-Martin-la-Vallée by going up the road on the left.
(14) Turn back to the previous crossroads.
(13) Continue straight ahead towards Semur.
(15) At the entrance to the village, after the wash house, turn right and go up Rue de la Porte au Vau. At the top of the street, turn right onto Chemin des Prés Coyer and follow the convent wall until you reach a narrow passage between two walls. At the end of the passage, turn left to pass under the Poterne and arrive at Place de l'Église.
(16) A break is essential to admire the beautiful Romanesque church (historic monument), the Town Hall, the convent and the Château Saint-Hugues (historic monument). To return to the starting point, walk down Chemin Neuf opposite the château, then at the end of the street, turn right, then left and walk down Grande Rue via Place du Docteur Fricaud, which leads back to the car park (S/E).
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