Start at the junction of Rue Saint-Pierre and Rue de l’Étang, near the Town Hall.
Route certified by FFRandonnée, signposted in an anti-clockwise direction.
YellowPR®® markings supplemented by green arrows bearing the number 62
(S/E) From the starting point, head towards the pedestrian crossing, cross over and turn right to go round the junction on the left, then take Rue Saint-Pierre towards Retier. Ignore the dead-end on the right and turn into thefirst street on the right, just before the cemetery. After leaving the town, continue for a good kilometre until you reach a crossroads with a detached house.
(1) Turn left onto the path, then turn right, then left, so as to go round the small wood. Then turn right and follow the path that runs alongside the field. After the left-hand bend, continue straight on towards the west. Wait for a junction with a road.
(2) Cross the road and continue straight ahead until you reach a bend in a street in La Bretonnière.
(3) Turn left and follow the path for about 1.5 km until you reach a junction with an open track.
(4) Turn left, heading due south, and follow the path until you reach a road.
(5) Cross the road, continue straight ahead and find the start of a path running perpendicular to the left, just before the hamlet of La Guigne-en-Bois.
(6) Follow this path which runs alongside the Forêt de la Guerche, then turn left to follow the lake. At the end of the lake, turn right then left to rejoin the road.
(7) Turn right and follow the road to Pâtis Boursier at a left-hand bend near a crucifix.
(8) Leave the road and continue straight on along a dirt track. You will reach a fork in the road about 350 m after the hamlet, near a high-voltage power line.
(9) Turn left, pass under the high-voltage lines and continue straight on. Pass La Touche, following the D178. Continue until you reach a small road at the exit of a road tunnel.
(10) Leave the tunnel on your right and turn left to reach the pond. Turn slightly left to follow its southern bank, then continue straight on until you reach the street near the Town Hall square.
(11) Turn right to return to the starting point (S/E).