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Starting from Sucé-sur-Erdre, head to the large, shaded car park at the Plaine de Mazerolles water sports centre via the road to Nort-sur-Erdre. Admire the vast Plaine de Mazerolles, where sailing boats and windsurfers are a common sight.
(S/E) From the car park, take the stony path and follow the Erdre river north-eastwards, following the very clear yellow markings. Less than 250 m after setting off, turn left, leaving the path signposted towards the Pointe de l’Île de Mazerolles, then head towards a crossroads.
(1) Turn right onto the straight tarmac road (the one you arrived on by car) and turn right fairly quickly onto a wide dirt track which rejoins the tarmac road. Turn right towards the hamlet of Le Lavoir.
(2) On leaving the hamlet, turn left then immediately right onto the path that climbs north-west.
(3) At the hamlet of La Grande Bodinière, at a stop sign, turn right and follow the road. At the fork at the exit, take the stony path on the right, passing in front of a house with a veranda. Continue straight ahead.
(4) Cross the Sucé-sur-Erdre to Nort-sur-Erdre road (D69) with care and join the old Nantes-Châteaubriant railway line. Go under the railway bridge and, immediately after the bridge, take the path on the left that runs alongside the railway line.
(5) Turn right towards the hamlet of La Demanchère and, at the village road, turn left then right to rejoin the path along the old railway line. Shortly afterwards, turn right towards the hamlet of La Hérinière.
(6) At the end of the hamlet, continue right along the path which joins a road before Les Prouveries.
(7) Take the small tarmac road on the left and head towards the hamlet of La Chauvelière. Leave the Circuit des Voïettes route on your right and continue past the farm, then go down the road.
(8) At the junction, cross the small road and continue straight ahead along the dirt track to Le Champ de la Haie.
(9) When you reach another small road, turn left and walk past the CUMA de Sucé-sur-Erdre shed.
(10) At the junction, do not take the Circuit des Voïettes route which branches off to the right, but continue a little further along the Route de la Cornerais until the next fork. Leave the road and take the dirt track to the right which joins a road that you follow to the right.
(11) Leave the Route de La Barre via a path at a right angle that branches off to the left under the trees. Rejoin the railway line and follow it to the left, heading north, to pass under the railway via a stone bridge. Cross the road from Sucé-sur-Erdre to Nort-sur-Erdre with care and continue along the path opposite, which leads to the hamlet of Le Houssais.
(12) In the hamlet, you can turn right and head for the village of Sucé-sur-Erdre (just over 3 km). Alternatively, turn left towards the D69 and follow the parallel gravel path alongside it until you reach the junction with the road leading to Île de Mazerolles. Continue along this road to the right.
(13) Ignore the yellow signposting heading off to the left and continue along the road to the hamlet of La Noue. In this hamlet, after the first left-hand bend, turn right into a shaded lane, the entrance to which is marked by a ‘no entry’ sign for vehicles. Continue along this lane to the junction you passed on the way out.
(1) Turn right at a right angle, staying in the forest, to reach the small access road to the Mazerolles water sports centre and the car park (S/E).
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