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At the foot of the village of Boussay, but on the other bank of the Sèvre, park in the small car park near the bridge over the Sèvre Nantaise (D62).
(S/E) From the car park, head east along the Sèvre Nantaise, following the boules pitch along a small path dotted with rocks.
(1) Pass in front of the Suire organic mill, then a little further on, turn right onto the path and climb up onto the plateau. At the first crossroads, turn left and walk south-east without changing direction for about 1.2 km until you reach a wayside cross before a crossroads.
(2) Turn left towards the hamlet of La Poinsetière, which you will cross by continuing straight ahead. Leave the hamlet via a path that descends towards the Sèvre. Leave the path leading to Moulin de la Marne on your left and take a path on the right that does not appear on IGN maps. This path crosses a wood, approaches the river, then moves away from it and leaves the wood.
At the crossroads, turn left, staying on the small path, and go up the road (D102). Cross the bridge over the Sèvre.
(3) Pass in front of the Restaurant des Trois Provinces and continue on the main road (to the right) until you reach a fork, where the right-hand branch leads to Chauvreau and continues opposite along a path parallel to the river.
(4) Do not look for the fork that appears on the IGN map, as there is only one marked path that turns into a small road leading to La Vallée (a suburb of Tiffauges).
(5) When you reach the D753, turn right (west) for 400 metres, crossing the Sèvre.
(6) Take the first street on the right, which goes around an old factory, runs alongside a car park and then some fields. After a wooden chicane, the path passes by a house and then enters a wooded area. Turn left onto the marked path that leads to the foot of the castle.
(7) Climb the steps and you will come to a beautiful pond, which you will follow southwards at the beginning. At the end of the pond, continue for about 100 metres along the road.
(8) Climb to the right towards Basses Aires, then right again towards Châgnerie. Shortly afterwards, you will reach Hautes Aires. Continue straight ahead along the path, then take the road that leads to Bel Air.
(9) Continue along the Vatican and, 100 metres further on, leave the road via the first path that climbs to the left. Follow it straight ahead.
(10) A poultry farm on the left is home to free-range chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl and turkeys. Shortly afterwards, our path joins another path on the right and then leads to a small road. Turn right towards La Morinière, make a slight detour to the right before taking the farm track on the left, then turn right towards the high-voltage power line.
(11) The path continues straight ahead, turns left and then veers sharply to the right to enter Recrédy. Cross the road and continue straight ahead.
(12) Pass a curious green building on the right with a tiled roof, which houses a spring catchment, then reach a large farm with a huge slurry pit and large buildings. Once past this farm, the path continues westwards without changing direction until it reaches a small road near the Grandes Fontaines on the right.
Turn left, then almost immediately take the path on the right that leads to La Coindelière. As before, walk a few metres to the left, then immediately turn right onto a path lined with hedges that overlooks the Mozelle stream below on the left, but which you cannot see.
(13) Do not look for the paths that appear on the IGN map and no longer exist due to land consolidation. After a few 90° turns, you will come to a path that you should follow for about 100 metres to the right before turning left towards La Colardière.
In the hamlet, the path turns into a road and descends, keeping to the left towards the D62, which leads to the car park on the right (S/E).
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