Car park near the church at Mars-sur-Allier.
(S/E) With your back to the church, turn right onto the path leading to the Allier.
(1) Stay on the tarmac road, cross the bridge over the Ruisseau du Pont Aubert and continue to the end of the road. Then take the Nièvre Departmental Council’s ZNIEFF trail and follow it.
(2) Take the Chemin de terre du Crot Noir and return to the road.
(1) Continue left along the tarmac path. Follow it to the junction with the Chemin de Murthiau.
(3) Turn right and join the Route de l’Église; take this to the left until you reach the entrance to the hamlet of La Saulaie. At the three-way junction, turn right onto the Chemin de la Saulaie.
(4) Follow Route du Veudre to the right, passing through the hamlets of Chateauneuf and Le Buis.
(5) On leaving Le Buis, turn left onto Chemin de Chailloux, until you reach the junction with Route de Dhéré (D108).
Pass the hamlet of Les Chailloux on your right, follow the road to the left and pass through the hamlet of Limonet.
(6) At a place called Les Gachats, cross the D133 and continue straight ahead along Chemin du Champ Pagenot.
(7) At the hamlet of Prémartin, follow Chemin du Champ Pagenot to the left, cross the hamlet of Champ Pagenot and then turn right onto the D134, Route de Saincaize.
(8) At the three-way junction, turn left onto Chemin de Murthiau, cross this hamlet and rejoin the route you have already taken.
(3) Continue towards the church at Mars-sur-Allier and turn right to reach the car park near the church (S/E).