Reilly Circular - La Distais

Date of your route : May 23, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A nice little walk, but nothing special.
The route markings were clear.
The big advantage of this walk? Good visibility in the distance for most of the way, so I was able to let my dog off the lead without any worries. There is a short stretch of road, however, which was a bit long for my liking.

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Date of your route : Oct 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Please note: between points 3 and 4, the path leads to the Chatelet farm, which you must bypass by continuing to the right to rejoin the road, then continuing the walk to the left towards Patras. This section of the path is not shown on the map (the route runs through the middle of the farmyard, which is private property). This error was reported by the owner, but apparently has not been corrected.
A rather ordinary walk, of little interest.

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Date of your route : Feb 22, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Very busy route : No

Not much point, except during the Covid pandemic and all the restrictions

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Date of your route : Feb 08, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

1- The Reilly circular (point 1) is not marked.
2- The stretch through the farm (between points 3 and 4) before the village of Patras is rather off-putting, due to the presence of dogs running loose and barking on either side of the path. At the end of this same path, flower pots placed across the way appear to block access, but this is the only way to reach the crossroad.

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Date of your route : Jun 08, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely route for a short, peaceful walk when you don’t want to stray too far from the Nantes area.
It’s perfect for those who, like me, enjoy a change of scenery and are always on the lookout for new routes.
I can confirm the inaccuracies mentioned in the other comments:

• 250 m after point 2, you need to take the wide path on the right to reach the road where you turn left. Flower pots across the path clearly indicate that going straight on takes you onto private property.
• Another option is, at point 1, to follow the marked route straight ahead, and turn right (straight ahead, in fact) at the fork 150 m further on. This path rejoins the main route just before crossing the Berliquet stream.
• 400 m after point 3, you must take the path on the left of the road, but turning left 100 m later leads to a dead end and a field surrounded by barbed wire. Instead, continue straight on along the path that veers to the right. This is not visible on the map provided, but it does join the path running alongside the railway line, and you rejoin the route towards La Distais by turning left.
• The reference (5) indicated in the description is not shown on the map; it should be at the ford after the Distais.
• Why include a reference (3) at the end of the description? You do indeed need to turn right there to reach (1), but (3) already exists to the south, at Les Ouches.

The starting point is also incorrectly positioned on the map. It should be located, as indicated in the description, at the wayside cross 450 m to the north-east; on the other side, to the north, of the railway line. Parking is available nearby, or at the town hall at the previous roundabout, or even at the roundabout before that on the D17, 150 m west of the town hall. There is a carpool car park there with a sign showing hiking trails, and a path leads to the wayside shrine by following the wall of the manor house to the south of the roundabout.
I checked on Land; the route starting from the wayside cross is 7.2 km, 7.6 km starting from the car-share point. This matches the 8 km measured on the GPS.
5.6 km is more or less the length of the route on the map, starting from the dirt track after the railway line.
Despite these few shortcomings, it was a lovely walk; thanks to whoever suggested it. The comments are simply intended to help improve the route.

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There are indeed some issues with this route. I’ll contact the author to see if an update is possible. Thank you

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Notes:
Private property (farm): between points 2 and 3 (closer to point 2)

Cul-de-sac leading to a field surrounded by barbed wire: between points 3 and 4 (last section before reaching the railway line)

Starting point on private road: point A/D

Kind regards

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Hello,

The route crosses private property (we were turned back onto the path...)

Could you tell me between which points?

Then the route enters a field surrounded by barbed wire, so I had to turn back...

Could you tell me which points it runs between?

To top it all off, the starting point is on a private road... a bit disappointed!

Can you tell me which points it’s between?

See you soon

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Date of your route : May 25, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route crosses private property (we were told to get back on the path...)
Then the route leads into a field surrounded by barbed wire, so we had to turn back...
To top it all off, the starting point is on a private road... a bit disappointed!

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Date of your route : Sep 09, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The signposting starts off very well, but then disappears for 2–3 junctions. The route shown on the map makes it easy to find your way, but those who aren’t very good at reading maps might get lost .

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