Saint-Eutrope and Saint-Cybard circular loop

Park in the car park opposite the town hall.

(S/E) Walk up into the village, towards the church.

(1) Take the first road on the left opposite the church. Follow it straight on until you reach a garden fence on the right. Then turn right just before the fence. Follow the path which curves to the left 120 metres further on. Once at the edge of the woods, turn right.

(2) Turn left onto a track through a field. Then continue along the path which curves to the right and enters the woods. As you leave the woods, walk alongside the field on your right and the woods on your left. When you reach the end of the path at the T-junction, turn right and join the road.

(3) Turn right and head uphill towards the hamlet of Le Pinier. On your left as you leave the hamlet, just before a shed, admire the beautiful prickly pear cacti. Follow the road to the junction with the D10.

(4) Cross the road carefully and head straight ahead. You’ll come to a small road; carry on straight until the next junction, where there’s a very large oak tree on the left. Turn right, towards Chez Doré and Chez Guillochaux, and follow the road, keeping in the same direction.

(5) Turn right, towards La Forêt and Chez Maury, and head up towards the woods. Just before the three-way junction, take the very narrow path on the left which leads into the woods. Ignore several tracks on your right and carry on until you reach a reverse Y-junction.

(6) Turn right onto a wide track. Pass an abandoned aviary on your right, marked with a sign reading ‘experimental aviary’. As you emerge from the woods, pass the entrance to a house on your left and join the road. Pass a second house further down the slope and, immediately after the path leading down to the house, take a small path on the left into the woods, which soon opens out onto a road. Turn left to reach Saint-Cybard.

(7) Take the first road on the right, Rue Saint Cybard, and cross the village to reach the D450. Turn right and follow the road, which descends steeply with a series of bends. Continue to Pointaud des Landes, passing a tennis court on the right and a very large house on the left.

(8) Turn right onto a tarmac and grassy track which winds through small woods and leads to the D10. Continue to the right until you reach the starting car park (S/E).