Circular route around Pédernec from Kernévez Jaudy via Guénézan and Rumodu

The start is in the hamlet of Kernévez Jaudy, where you’ll find several parking spaces.

(S/E) Head towards the departmental road. Before you reach the first buildings of the poultry farm, you’ll come to a fork in the road.

(1) Take the path on the left and carry on, ignoring the side paths. Further down, you’ll reach the RD20.

(2) Keep to the right and climb carefully towards Kerlosquet. Pass through this hamlet and, a little further on, turn left onto the road leading out at the corner of the houses. Walk alongside the apple orchard and join a path on the right, which is the GR® 34A variant trail.

(3) Turn right onto this lovely shaded path, which will then lead you onto a small tarmac road; follow this to the left.

(4) At the next junction, turn right towards the village of Pédernec, cross the Run an Spern stream, pass the Lorette Chapel and reach the Place de l’Église.

(5) Turn left and walk on until you reach the last houses and the wayside cross at the corner of the sports ground. Take the white path on your right, following the PR®. Further on, you’ll come to a junction at the 142-metre mark.

(6) Continue straight on, ignoring the PR® to the left and the farm track to the right. Carry on past Ar Pant and, further on, Kernivinen.

(7) Pass under the A-road, turn left immediately and, at the junction with the RD32, head down to the left towards the Armoripark Water Park. Look out for the sign at the corner of the property on the right.

(8) Take this small path which runs alongside the stream. After a right-hand bend, carry on uphill until you reach a tarmac road, where you’ll turn right and continue to a junction in Kerdaniou.

(9) Turn right and head uphill, following the quarry and its lake – which is off-limits, according to the numerous signs. Shortly afterwards, you’ll reach a junction at elevation 143.

(10) Turn left onto the shaded lane. Head towards Penn Beleg, cross the small road and continue until you reach another small road. Turn right and you’ll come to a junction where three roads and a footpath meet.

(11) Take the farm track on your left and you’ll come to the RD32, which you’ll follow to the left. Leave the road on your left to reach a junction with a road on the right heading towards Cosquerou.

(12) Head towards this hamlet. Turn slightly right at the first junction and then, at a bend near an electricity substation, take the wide lane on your left. When you reach the road with a view of Pen An Carbont, turn left, then right at the junction towards Ty Buto to reach Rumodu. In the hamlet, ignore the two small roads on your left to reach a turning area.

(13) Look for the path leading off to the left through a hedge. Continue and turn left at the first junction. Head down into the valley, cross the Run an Spern stream and climb back up to arrive in front of the vegetable warehouses.

(14) Then take the road on the left and head down towards the mill. Before crossing the Jaudy, look out for the small path on the right which descends the embankment and joins the riverbank a short distance further on. Once you reach the road, turn left and head for Squibernévez.

(15) Then take the first road on the right and walk through the village, staying on this road. Carry on and walk under the D67 bridge to reach a crossroads.

(16) Turn slightly left and pass the chicken coops on your left. Turn right and return to the original fork in the road.

(1) Go straight on to reach the car park (S/E).