Banks of the Goyen and countryside south-east of Pouldergat

Park in the carpool car park behind the Ty an Holl community hall.

Mountain bike trail 14: Saint-Ergatcircular

(S/E) From the car park, go around the back of the community hall on the right and join the D43. Cross it carefully at the pedestrian crossing and take the small road opposite, Chemin de Listry Vraz, which runs alongside a residential area. Pass the Stang Vraz stream, hidden by vegetation, and go past the Pouldergat exit sign.

(1) At house number 4 on the right, leave the road and turn left onto a path that enters a wooded area. Immediately turn right and head towards an isolated house. Pass behind it and follow the path that overlooks a meadow on the left and then runs along a field on the right. You will come to a signpost.

(2) At a gap in a bank, turn left and follow the beautiful poplar-lined avenue that leads to a road near the pumping station.

(3) Cross it and follow the path that veers to the right (rustic picnic table) and crosses the wooded area that marks the perimeter of the drinking water catchment protection zone. Turn right and climb out of the catchment protection zone.

(4) Continue along a straight farm track between cultivated areas (view of the Pouldergat wind turbines) and arrive at a small cross-country road that mainly serves farms.

(5) Turn right and follow this little-used road (with a grassy strip in the middle). Go around the Kerguéréon farm, pass Créac'h Voyen and follow the same road that runs along the perimeter of a quarry below, arriving at Cédez le Passage on the D143, the road from Landudec to Pouldergat.

(6) Cross it carefully ( good visibility but cars come down fast because of the slope) and go down the path parallel to the road, which ends with some remaining steps.

End of the VTT14 trail and junction with the two valleys route marked in yellow

(7) Turn right, go around the concrete plant, cross the Goyen on the Pont Roudou footbridge and head towards a bridge that was used for an old road: an ideal place for a break.

(8) Go up to the right, then turn left and join the Route des Trois Ormes de Landudec. Cross the D143 with caution and continue opposite towards Le Moulin Com.

(9) Turn right, then left onto an uphill path and continue to the road that leads to Moulin Poas (lodge).

(10) Continue along the footpath, which runs alongside the Goyen and passes above Moulin Neuf.

(11) After two old wooden barriers, note the Kernilis wash house on the left (not shown on the map). This wash house is unusual in that it is built on the hillside rather than at the bottom of the valley, as it is fed by a spring from the wooded massif (explanatory panel). Continue along the path at the bottom of the valley, then turn right and climb up a steep path to the access road to Moulin Poas, which you will see above you (small waterfall by the roadside).

(12) Turn left, cross the Goyen again and follow the road that turns right towards Moulin Vert until you reach a rustic staircase on the left.

(13) Go up to the left along a path that goes around a field and leads to the access road to Kerlaouéret farm (viewpoint over the Goyen valley towards its source in Plonéis).

(14) Turn left at the road, ignore a road leading to farms on the right and left, and continue along the small road that climbs steadily. You will come to a fork before the D43 at the recycling bins.

(15) Turn left, pass the Petit Bourg farm, ignore a crossroads and arrive at the fork in the road from the outward journey.

(5) Turn right and join a road near the pumping station.

(3) Cross it and, following the same route as on the way there, return to the carpool car park (S/E).

Thanks to the Diharzhérien team (the clearers in Breton) who efficiently maintain the municipality's hiking routes.

The Goyen Valley is particularly wild between points (9) and (12).

Vast views over the countryside.

Old mills, one of which has been restored as a lodge (Moulin Poas).