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The walk starts at the foot of Saint-Lazare Church in Lèves, where there is free car parking.
(S/E) With our backs to the church, we set off to our right and after 20 metres we come to the history museum, then we reach the crossroads marked by traffic lights. We first turn left then right and join Rue Hoche Hallard opposite, which we follow for 100 metres before turning right again for another 100 metres and then right again onto Chemin de la Vallée, which runs alongside the cemetery.
(1) We cross a ford that only has water during very heavy rainfall and take a dirt track to the left for 400 metres, which runs alongside a few vegetable gardens. We take a small path on our left for 50 metres.
(2) We cross the Couasnon on a metal footbridge, then our path climbs to reach the D339, which we take to the left until we reach Chemin des Mûres on our right. We follow this path for 400 metres.
(3) Turn left and walk 50 metres to reach Route de Chavannes. Turn right.
(4) We cross the bridge over the N154 and descend the hill to reach the war memorial.
(5) We continue left along the small road for 350 metres until we reach a crossroads.
(6) We take a stony path on our left that climbs into the woods and follow it for about 700 metres, ignoring all the paths on the left, until we reach the iron cross.
(7) We turn sharply right and descend towards Couasnon, then climb back up the steep, stony path. At the top, we turn immediately right and walk alongside a wood. Between fields and woods, our small grassy and earthy path stretches for 800 metres, then we turn right and descend the stony path to the crossroads we passed earlier.
(6). At the foot of this crossroads and about 20 metres before the start of the small tarmac road, we take the path on the left which climbs through the woods. 350 metres further on, we turn right. Follow the straight path for 400 metres, then turn left and after 90 metres turn right. Continue for another 280 metres and leave the undergrowth by turning right onto a grassy path that runs alongside the N154. You will need sturdy footwear to tackle the steep, stony 30-metre descent.
(8) At the bottom of this slope, turn left to pass under the ring road bridge and walk 600 metres to reach a crossroads.
(9) Turn left onto the D339. We cross the small bridge over the Couasnon, and after 250 metres, a path climbs into the woods on the right. After 210 metres of climbing, when we see the houses, we turn right and continue on flat ground for 260 metres. We reach a path about 3 metres wide, which we take to the left for 20 metres before taking the path on the right that leads to Impasse des Lucasses.
At the end of this street, at the intersection, turn left onto Rue de Bailleau, then right onto Rue du Moulin à Vent. At the end of this street is Route de Paris, which we take to the right, then Rue du Bout du Val appears on our left. Follow this road for 600 metres before turning left onto Chemin du Bois de la Chambre. After 600 metres, at the fourth bend, turn right and follow a path between two fields that descends, runs alongside a wood on your right and leads to a meadow, still on the right, where horses are often grazing. A small path, the Sente Guyards, enters the undergrowth and climbs up to Rue de la Ravaudière. We descend it on the left to the stop sign. We cross and take the path, almost opposite, which runs alongside the pond. We go around half of it.
(10) Take the small path on the left along the old mill. A bridge allows you to cross the Eure to reach a small tarmac road, which you follow to the right towards Rue de Longsault. A recent footbridge on the right allows us to cross the Eure again, and it is still this small tarmac road that runs alongside the Fondation d'Aligre, the former Abbaye de Josaphat, that takes us to Rue des Grands Prés.
(11). Then simply turn right to see the church and complete our route in a circular fashion at the car park (S/E).
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