Sagy circular starting from Vigny

Start from the car park by the church and castle in Vigny.

Yellow markings (sparse)

(S/E) With your back to the church entrance, head straight on and take the D169 towards Us.

(1) Take the first right, Rue Marie, towards the cemetery. Ignore a dead-end on the left, climb gently and pass in front of the cemetery. Leave Place de la Caffine on your left and you will soon come to a junction (with ‘No Entry’ signs opposite).

(2) Turn right onto a track. Follow the wall of a property on your right. Ignore a property entrance on the right and continue along the edge of the woodland. The track then gives way to a path through the undergrowth alongside a fence on the right. Leave the woodland and continue along the path at the edge of the woods and then through the fields.

(3) Cross a small road and continue along the well-marked path opposite. The path alternates between the edges of fields and woods. Ignore a turn-off on the left (elevation 124) and continue south-east. You will reach a small road running alongside the D28.

(4) Follow the small road to the right and enter Le Grand Mesnil. Ignore another road on the left and turn right onto the Route de Villeneuve and head downhill.

(5) At the stop sign, continue straight ahead. Enter Sagy and, at the fork immediately ahead, turn right and walk past the cemetery on your right.

(6) Cross the D81, pass by the foot of Sagy church and head downhill. At the bottom, turn right onto Rue de l'Abreuvoir.

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At the next junction, turn right, go under a metal archway and walk alongside a football stadium on your left. Cross the River Aubette and arrive at a small car park on the left.

(7) Go straight ahead, pass through a metal barrier and walk alongside the river on your left. Ignore an access point to a private pond on the left and continue along the main path heading north-west then north-north-west. You will reach a junction with a road.

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(8) Turn left onto Rue de l'Aubette. At the next junction, turn right onto Grande Rue. Pass the town hall and then the church.

(9) At the fork, turn left onto the D169 towards Vigny. Soon after, take the first left, Rue des Baudes. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the side streets on the left, and climb gently.

(10) At the junction with a stone cross on the right-hand side, take the second path on the right, heading north-west. Walk for a long stretch through the fields and climb gently.

(11) At the T-junction, turn right. Ignore a turn-off to the left and then one to the right, and head downhill.

No signposting

(12) At the junction just before a road, turn right (south-east). Pass a solitary tree some distance away on the left and then ignore a path branching off to the right.

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(13) At the next junction (benches), continue straight ahead and follow the wall of the Château de Vigny park on your left.

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(14) At the crossroads, take the first left, Rue de la Comté, and walk between the houses. Note an (abandoned) outbuilding of the château on the left, then a wash house on the right. Walk alongside Vigny Church on your left and immediately reach its car park (S/E).

In dry conditions, good trainers may be suitable. In wet conditions, wear hiking boots.

Bar and restaurant in Vigny (S/E). Restaurant in Longuesse, Grande Rue, just before (9).

Signposting is scarce; there are none between the fields due to a lack of suitable surfaces. A detailed map is required (at the very least the one accompanying this description).

Hike undertaken by the author on 16 December 2023.

- The route runs mainly between fields, generally offering expansive views.
- Church (19th century), castle and old farmhouse with dovecote in Vigny (S/E).
- Church of Sagy (18th century) (6).
- Church of Longuesse (12th–16th centuries) (9).