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Parking available at Place Ambroise de Loré.
Access by bus via line No. 3 of the Réseau Pégasse.
Follow the yellow No. 30 signposts.
(S/R) Start at the entrance to the medieval town. Walk up Rue Henri IV (passing the Tourist Office and the Town Hall) to Place Hubert II de Beaumont.
(1) Head down Rue de la Belle Etoile on the right, taking in the view of the hamlet of La Rivière as you go. Turn right onto Chemin de la Poterne and veer left just before reaching the departmental road.
(2) Keep to the left to follow the Red Cross Chemin almost all the way down, then turn right towards the old Choiseaux farm. Please note: this section is off-limits to bicycles and horses, which should turn right and then left to rejoin route no. 30.
(3) Enjoy the Chemin des Dames and the pretty hamlet of La Rivière, a suburb with tiled-roof houses, which grew up around the mills – particularly the paper mills – whose products were sold in the Maine and Anjou regions for writing materials and playing cards. Cross Rue du Pont d’Erve and continue straight ahead to the wash house.
(4) Turn right, cross the wooden bridge and then cross the D7 (take care). Turn immediately right, then left, and carry on straight ahead to reach the beautiful village of Chammes, following the left bank of the Erve.
(5) At Le Plessis, turn left, cross the Erve and pass through Bourg-à-l’Abbesse. Then turn right, following the signposted paths which, in the distance, follow the meandering course of the river and the contours of the Bois de l’Essart.
(6) Take the path on the left.
(7) Leave the hedgerow paths for a moment and take the small Blandouet–Chammes road to the right for about a hundred metres. Then turn left onto a path to rejoin a road at a place called La Butte.
(8) Follow it to the right; it leads to the bridge over the Erve and then to the village of Chammes at the junction with Rue de l’Erve. Follow this street to the left. Note the reddish-brown colours of the iron-rich sandstone slabs, particularly on the church.
(9) Head north again along the Chemin de la Motte, near the grocery shop, then, after a left-hand bend, follow a long path to the right which joins a tarmac road further on. Follow it for 50 metres to the left, heading west, to visit the Chapelle de la Raierie beneath its oak tree.
(10) Turn back and continue north-east, then east, via La Maison-Neuve and Les Rousselières, until you reach the Chammes–Evron road (D235).
(11) This road leads off to the left towards the hamlet of La Housserie. Then turn right onto a long, straight track and follow it straight on until you reach the first houses of Sainte-Suzanne.
(12) Turn right onto the Chemin des Fossettes, which runs alongside the swimming pool before crossing the D7. Continue along the Chemin des Vignes.
Please note: at a place called La Croix Couverte, drainage works are currently underway. The area will be very wet from October 2023 to March 2024.
Carry on straight ahead, then turn left onto Rue de la Belle Étoile to return to Place Hubbert II de Beaumont.
(1) Turn left to reach Place Ambroise de Loré (S/E).
Dry at the end of May, bring appropriate equipment during wet periods.
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