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Park near the Pommiers sports hall, in Les Gondoins, the former Pommiers quarries.
(S/E) Enter via the stadium area, through the gate at the bottom of the car parks, to the left of the football pitch, just after the path that leads up to the boules court. See the quarry face here. Go back up to the boules court, join the vineyard above via a small passageway and follow it to the right until you reach a path that leads off to the right into the woods. After admiring a first cadole on the left, which is not very visible, continue along the path under the box trees and descend along the tennis courts and the stadium to the tarmac road. Turn right until you reach the crossroads at the end of the football pitch.
(1) Go down into the woods on the left just below the sports hall. When you reach a field, turn right onto the path that leads to the beautiful Pyramide cadole, built entirely of dry stone. Continue to the end of the vineyard and go down to the left until you reach theGRP® des Pierres Dorées crossroads.
(2) Turn left onto theGRP® and follow the red and yellow markings. Then walk along the Ruisseau de la Galoche stream until you reach a crossroads in a clearing.
(3) Continue straight ahead, still following the Galoche stream along a dry stone wall, until you reach the Chemin des Bruyères. Take this path to the right for a few metres. You will then come to another crossroads.
(4) Turn left and stay on theGRP®, still marked in yellow and red. Enter the woods. Follow the Allée de Marre-Saule and continue to the Chemin des Bruyères crossroads. Here, make a return trip of a few metres to Marcy-Le Monéron to see the stone slabs with carvings that were used as a fence.
Return to the Bruyères crossroads and turn left to reach a vineyard. Leave theGRP® here, turn right onto the path and follow the dry stone wall. Enter the Bois des Bruyères and follow another vineyard to reach the Cabane de Celle.
(5) Turn left, pass between the vineyards, and, after a circular left-hand bend, join theGRP®. Take it to the right to the Cabane à Lapierre, then descend to the left towards the Tarare road. Turn left to find another hut at Lapierre, then turn right onto the path and continue left, descending a dry stone wall, somewhat hidden by vegetation. You will then reach a lime kiln. Be careful here: this area can be dangerous due to traffic.
Continue left to reach the Tarare road.
(6) Turn right onto Chemin de Cruy on the right. Note the Pommiers-Theizé boundary marker in the bush. Pass by an old retting pit or routoir that was used to retting hemp. Go up the path to cross the hamlet of Cruy and arrive at the crossroads. Note the boundary marker and turn right onto Chemin du Couchant. Turn right above the cabin at Curis, which has been taken over by vegetation, and cross the hamlet of Les Bruyères. At the stop sign, continue straight downhill to reach the crossroads where the glass recycling bins are located.
(7) Take the path on the right and you will soon reach an area of biodiversity, the Étang Lagoutte. Continue to the wheat field and descend to the left into the woods to La Galoche. Be careful in wet weather, as the ground is sloping and may be slippery.
(3) Cross La Galoche at the bottom and take the path on the left, retracing your steps to return to the Gondoins stadium car park (S/E).
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