Park in the Arquellen car park.
(S/E) Head north and follow a forest track overlooking a river on your left. After several bends, turn right before the Mare aux Sangliers. You’ll come out onto a road at the entrance to Restidiou Braz.
(1) Follow the road to the left and walk through the village. Turn right at the junction at the hamlet of Restidiou Bihan and, at the next junction, turn left. Walk alongside a field on your right and join a track on your right just after that.
(2) Leave the road and turn right onto this wide forest lane. Follow this main, signposted lane for about 1 km.
(3) Leave the lane and head left down a sunken track. At the T-junction, turn right and at the next junction (elevation 241), turn right again. Join a small road at the entrance to the hamlet of Brignou and follow it to the right.
(4) At the Fork in the road shortly afterwards, veer to the right and continue along a track. At the junction (elevation 238), turn right. Carry on straight ahead (north-east), ignoring a track on the left and then another on the right. Head downhill, cross a stream and head back uphill to reach the D769.
(5) First turn left then right to follow a small road. Immediately afterwards, before a detached house, turn right onto a track and pass under a high-voltage power line. Ignore a track on the right (marker 221) and join a road.
(6) Follow the road to the right and pass the hamlet of Le Squiriou. After a long straight stretch (an ancient Roman road), enter the Domaniale forest again, pass a forest ranger’s house on the left ( (Off the route, 150 m to the left: Fontaine Sainte-Barbe sur Berrien) and continue straight on into the Bois du Hélas.
(7) At the next junction, carry on straight ahead to join the GR® de Pays des Monts d’Arrée.
(8) At the Fork in the road, keep left (let the GR® de Pays head off to the right). Stay heading south-east on the main path and ignore all side tracks. You’ll come out onto the D114 at a place called Ty-ar-Gall and follow it to the right for about fifty metres.
(9) Take the first road on the right towards a pig farm. After about 200 m, leave the access road to the farm and turn onto a track on the right. At the various junctions, carry straight on along the signposted track.
(10) Cross the D769 and follow the GR® de Pays straight ahead. Cross a stream and head uphill.
(11) You’ll come out onto a road; follow it to the right. Shortly afterwards, carry on straight ahead (let the GR® de Pays head off to the left), then immediately ignore a path on the right and continue straight ahead at the various junctions. You’ll come out onto a small road; follow it to the left, passing the Arquellen forest house on your right. You’ll soon reach the car park where you started (S/E).
