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Departure from the ZA de l'Espérance: parking is available along the D53 next to the industrial estate.
(S/E) Head east, leaving the industrial estate on your right, until you reach the crossroads with a calvary on your left. Follow the road to the next crossroads.
(1) L'Arceau de Notre Dame de Bon Secours. Turn left towards Coudavid, La Davière, La Marière.
(2) Stay on this small road until you come to a wayside cross.
(3) At the wayside cross, leave the road and take the path that runs along a hedge to the left.
(4) Cross the Ruisseau de la Tour stream, then climb until you reach the hamlet of La Roche sur Sèvre.
(5) In the hamlet of La Roche sur Sèvre, be prepared for a visit from a black dog, who is not vicious but likes to show that he is on his home turf. Turn your back on the houses and head south on the quiet little road.
(6) At the bottom of the descent and before climbing back up, take the path that branches off to the left and passes through La Coudrinière. Leave the farm on your right and descend to the Sèvre via the main path (barrier with red and white markings on the side). Then descend between the barbed wire fences, ignoring the small path on the left (not shown on maps).
(7) When you reach the river, turn right towards the south-east and stay as close to it as possible until you come to a raised footbridge that allows you to cross the river.
(8) Stay on the same bank and continue, taking the paths furthest to the left, i.e. closest to the Sèvre, even if you stray a little from it.
(9) When you reach the D960, turn left and cross the river via the road bridge, then immediately turn left onto Rue Romaine and continue along this flat road. When it starts to climb, turn left between the houses and then quickly turn right onto Chemin de Romaine, which runs alongside the Sèvre at a distance until you reach a fitness area. Continue straight ahead towards the fishing pontoon for disabled people, then continue walking as close as possible to the river (go around the buildings). The path becomes a road and starts to climb.
(10) At the top, descend to the left until you reach the water treatment plant, which you will bypass on your left, and continue straight ahead along the road, which is one-way (except for bicycles and pedestrians). At Jousseaume, the path becomes a small road that runs alongside a large leisure and picnic area on the left, on the banks of the Sèvre, then passes through Gazeau.
(11) (Mill on the left, canoe hire on the right). Continue along the small road, then a path, staying as close as possible to the river until you reach a place called Berthré. The road continues along the path towards Rochereau.
(12) Stay as close as possible to the Sèvre, even if you stray from it from time to time, until you reach the Grenon mill, quickly followed by the bridge of the same name.
(13) Cross the Sèvre on the right side of the bridge to find the steps leading down to the path that will take you along the river. When you reach the first hedge across the path, you can climb up to the car park at the side of the road (public toilets). Otherwise, continue along the Sèvre, leaving a house on your left. The path then climbs and has a few rocks.
(14) You will come to an intersection; turn left for about 20 metres, then immediately climb up to the right without taking the steps. Continue climbing up the cycle path to the right. You will reach the barriers at the pond. Continue climbing up along the D53 to the crossroads.
(15) At the fire hydrant, cross the road towards La Brisselière, which is immediately on the left, and climb up to the road you took on the way to Coudavid. Turn right.
(1) Turn right at the Arceau de Notre-Dame de Bon Secours and then left to reach the ZA de l'Espérance (S/E).
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