Route de la Vilaine, Saint-Didier

Starts at the town hall square.

Yellow^PR® signposting supplemented by green arrows marked with the number 19

(S/E) Head down Impasse des Lagunes, which leads to a park with a lake. Stay on the right-hand bank and take the path that climbs through the woodland. At the end, turn left to join the road.

(1) Turn right once, then turn right again after the hamlet of Le Pont-Riou, at the corner of No. 4. Follow the road, which turns into a path after 200 m. At the end, you’ll reach a crossroads at Le Chêne Dêt, opposite No. 11 on your right.

(2) Turn left to follow the road and, just after No. 22 and opposite a wayside cross, turn right to reach the hamlet of Le Feil. Walk alongside it on your right and continue along the road until you reach a ‘Stop’ sign.

(3) Turn right and follow the road to a tunnel that passes under the railway line. Go through it.

(4) Once on the other side, turn right onto a dirt track. Follow the Vilaine for about 300 metres, then veer off to the right and follow the track to a junction. Turn right onto the bridge that crosses over the railway line. Once on the other side, carry on straight ahead along the road until you reach a junction with a small chapel on your left, at a place called La Melleraye.

(5) Carry on straight ahead until you reach the hamlet of Villermé. Walk between the buildings, then take the first grassy path on the left.

(6) Follow this path and, almost at the corner of the field on your right, turn left. Then go round a house on your left and rejoin the road you took earlier. Turn right and return to the crossroads with the small chapel.

(5) Turn left, carry on straight ahead and pass L’Orvinière. Ignore the first road on the right, then 250 metres further on, take the grassy path that branches off to the right towards a row of trees, running alongside a ditch on your right. Follow it to a road junction.

(7) Turn left and follow the road to La Poissonnière.

(8) Just past the houses in the hamlet, turn right and, facing the gate at No. 1, turn left and follow the path to the Chêne Harel.

(9) Veer to the left and follow the road to the Chêne Dêt.

(2) Continue along the path you took on the way there, but in the opposite direction, to reach the Place de la Mairie (S/E).

Car park, shops and toilets near the starting point.

Signposted in a clockwise direction.

Suitable for both walking and mountain biking.

La Peinière Chapel.
The Vilaine.