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Park in the square in front of the church in the small village of Têche, located in Isère, between Saint-Marcellin and Vinay.
(S/E) With your back to the church, leave the square of the same name by taking Rue du Bourg on the right. Take the first street on the left (sign: Ferme des Signaux).
(1) You will see an imposing crucifix on your left. Follow this Way of the Cross until you reach a stop sign. Turn right.
(2) At the corner of Chemin du Vézy, you will see a sign for "Les Signaux". Continue along this small road and, almost immediately after the bend, take a discreet path that leads into the walnut grove on the right. Ignore the start of a path on the right. Then take the path that climbs into the forest, opposite a large white cubic stone. You will see yellow/red markings. Follow this path and the yellow/red markings until you reach a sign for "Les Rollands".
(3) Turn left towards "Champ Moyet" and you will quickly leave the woods. When you reach a small road, turn left.
(4) Then take the second path on your right (yellow/red markings).
(5) You will come to a T-junction and take the path on the right which starts to descend; it is very steep. After a small bridge, you will come out onto a small road. Turn left to reach the "Stop" sign on the D518 (sign: Champ Moyet).
(6) Cross the road and take Impasse du Doz opposite. Just before a building, take a path on the right that runs alongside conifer trees. At a fork, take the left path (still following the yellow/red markings). When you reach a small road, turn left.
(7) Take the first road on the right to reach the beautiful Château de Quincivet (private). Take the path that starts to the right of the castle entrance, along a hedge. This path branches off to the right to follow the edge of a wood. Follow it along the wood until you reach the end.
(8) Once you have left the edge of the woods, you will see a sign for Brochenu. Leave theGRP® and climb up to the left, towards "Têche-9km". You will now see yellow markings, which are less clear. You will arrive at a meadow. Go through a gate (make sure you close it behind you). Your path climbs up through the field and then, when you reach a fence, seems to disappear... Walk along the fence on the left (as if you were retracing your steps a little). You will see the path again. It leads you to a second gate to go back up into the woods.
(9) You will come out onto a small road. There is a sign for "Les Chais" on the left. Turn left (towards "Têche-8.2km"). When your small road turns left, take the path that goes to the right (yellow markings). You will come out onto a meadow. Please note: the path to take on the left, in the middle of the meadow, is only visible when you turn around. It starts at a hunting platform. At two successive forks, take the right-hand branch (yellow markings).
(10) You will come to a third gate at the entrance to a meadow. And to leave the meadow, you will find a fourth gate (lucky you!). You will arrive at the hamlet of Les Amours. Do not linger here. Turn right to come out onto a small road, which you will take on the left.
(11) At the first intersection, turn left again. Then at the second intersection, go straight ahead (Chemin des Forges). At a fork, turn right and quickly descend a narrow path on the right (the yellow markings are still visible, although in some places you have to look for them). You will return to the D518 at a place called "Les Forges".
(12) Cross over to take the ford, heading towards "Têche - 5.5km". Go straight ahead at the first crossroads (towards "Combe Moussy"), then at the second (Chemin de la Combe du Maine).
You will come to a post with a "194" sign.
(13) Take the path on the right. Descend into the Combe. Follow the path marked in yellow. Climb back up to reach a field. Turn left. At the end of the path, go around a group of buildings on the right. When you reach a small road, turn left, then immediately right (Chemin de Frise).
(14) Your path leads to the entrance of a property, but just before that, there is a way around on the left. Take this to get around the obstacle and you will arrive at the "Frise" sign.
(15) Turn left (towards Têche). You will see the yellow/red markings again. Follow the path through the undergrowth. After a fairly long walk, you will come to a small road.
Go down it to the right. At first, it is steep. It will take you back to the path you started on.
(2) Follow the small asphalt road. Continue straight ahead. At the end of the straight road, at the roundabout, turn left to return to your starting point, passing near a water source next to a wash house (S/E).
In summer and autumn, it's a beautiful, easy hike, but in December, it's a real nightmare with too much mud and water and the path cut off by countless puddles, forcing us to abandon the main path and cut through the woods with the fodder cuts and mud that was difficult to get through. (All morning in the fog.) We finished this hike covered in mud.
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