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Access: From the D765, Route de Rosporden, coming from Quimper, turn right at the sign for Le Meur Nursery and follow this road which passes over the expressway.
At the entrance to the residential estate (Lotissement du Bois de Pleuven on the map), turn right towards numbers 101 to 244. The car park is immediately on the left near the playground.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, head back towards the main road and turn right onto the cycle path.
Mountain bike trail 19 (markings are sparse and often not very visible)
(1) At the signpost, near a bench, follow the MTB19 “Bois de Pleuven” route to the right along a path that descends into the woods. Pass a wire fence on your left and arrive at the first crossroads.
(2) Turn left onto a path (faint yellow markings) and head down towards the day-care centre (the route shown on the map is no longer accurate here). Facing the day-care centre grounds (sign saying “No horses”), turn right and continue downhill. At the junction with another path, turn left, still skirting the outdoor activity centre, and at the road, turn right and continue for about 100 m.
(3) At the Bourg mountain bike sign, turn right and begin a steep climb up a wide stony track. Continue along this path through meadows and fields, pass under a power line and, at the top, reach a service access road for the motorway. Turn left, follow this wide path running parallel to the motorway and leave it on the left. You’ll reach a road at an information sign for the Trévinec protected area (water catchment).
(4) Turn left, then turn right onto the small road leading down to Gourgennou Farm (signposted). Reach the farm (bread oven on the right) and continue along a hard-packed track which leads to the water treatment plant on the left.
(5) Continue along the wide track that climbs to the right between the meadows and joins a crossroads at the edge of the woods.
(6) At the entrance to the woods(take care here, as the map is not very accurate), ignore the path leading straight down ahead, turn right onto the circular track, pass another track junction on the right near a fence in poor condition, and continue along a slope on your right.
This is the trickiest part as numerous paths criss-cross and the signposts (VTT19) are almost non-existent or barely visible.
Find an opening in the embankment to join a wide, sunken path descending to the left (marked Tro Breiz Black and White)
(7) Follow this wide sunken path downwards towards the east until you reach the access road to the outdoor activity centre. Turn right, then left. Head straight up along the edge of the woods, ignoring the path on the right which you took on the way there, until you reach a large crossroads. Opposite, you can see the first houses. Turn right, following the path where you can spot the cast-iron water network markers.
(2) Leave the path you took on the way there on your right and head up through the woods to the cycle path.
(1) Turn right onto the cycle path to the roundabout, continue and follow the road running alongside the Naturalys SPA (beauty treatment centre) housed in a manor house.
(8) Turn left to cross the road and follow the path lined with hazel trees down towards the old Toulgoat Mill.
Off the marked route
(9) Pass Toulgoat and continue along this ascending path which joins a small road leading to two farms.
(10) At the Kerlou Bras farm (selling organic vegetables), turn left and, at the three-way junction, continue straight on to join a road near the Manoir du Toulgoat. Walk for a few dozen metres to see the entrance porch and its turret (private property, please respect the premises).
(11) Retrace your steps, continue right onto the small road, pass a pond on your right and turn right. Follow this small road which leads to the Bois de Pleuven. Cross over to rejoin the cycle path on the right and head for the car park at the Résidence de Bois de Pleuven (S/E).
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