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The route starts from the village of Couépion.
(S/E) At the far end of the village, leave the farm on your right and head up the road heading west towards Touchal.
As you approach the first buildings, leave the road and take the path branching off to the right, towards a wooded area. This wide path curves sharply as it descends into a small valley, then climbs back up towards the village of Kerhervio after crossing the stream.
(1) Ignore the signposting heading left and carry on straight ahead. Pass the houses in the hamlet and turn left after the last one, onto the narrow track nestled between two tall hedges.
At the next crossroads, turn right. Pass the Ferme de Couéguel on your right and carry on straight ahead along a wide, tree-lined path. It crosses a beautiful agricultural landscape before reaching an area of heathland planted with maritime pines.
(2) In the heart of this area, a wide track branches off to the right. Follow it down until you reach the vicinity of the stream. On the descent, a marshy section may make the passage tricky. Don’t panic – the ground is firm, so you won’t sink in. Just before you reach the stream, a path branches off to the right into the woods. It winds its way some distance from the stream, sometimes through the heart of the woodland, sometimes along the edge, before emerging into farmland.
(3) Pass the chicane, turn left, cross the stream and head up the slope until you’ve passed the rear of the first houses in Kerbodo. Turn right to enter the hamlet and walk through it, following the tarmac road uphill. Follow it to the first junction, then turn right. Carry on along the road until you can see the buildings of Kerlerno.
(4) As you approach this hamlet, a road branches off to the left. At the junction of the two tracks, a flight of steps has been built to descend the embankment. Take these steps and follow the edge of the woodland, then head deeper into the woods, following the embankments that once lined an old path.
As you approach the bottom of the valley, let a path branch off to the left and carry on straight ahead until you reach the vicinity of the stream you followed earlier. Turn right, then left, to reach the footbridge that takes you across it.
(5) After crossing the stream, turn left onto the path that follows the valley floor, at the foot of the wooded hillside overlooking it. Pass two ponds that have been created on the other side of the stream, and continue along this same path. Shortly before reaching the Limerzel road, the path climbs up the slope to join a magnificent sunken lane lined with beech trees, which descends to the vicinity of the Couéguel mill.
As you approach the property, turn away from it and take the path on the left that runs between the foot of the slope and the stream. Cross the stream a little further on and follow the path uphill until it joins the road.
(6) Once you reach the road, turn right. This road does not have much traffic, but you should still exercise a degree of caution when walking along the roadside. Follow it until you have passed the old mill and the left-hand bend overlooking it (approx. 500m).
(7) Just before the Talhouët mill, take the path that branches off the road to the right and heads down the slope towards the stream. There is a ford allowing you to cross the stream, just before the entrance to the property. Continue straight on, following the wide, sandy track that runs alongside the valley and climbs back up onto the plateau in a broad S-shape. You will soon see the first houses of Couépion, the end of the route (S/E)
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