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Town hall car park, Place du Général de Gaulle.
(S/E) Go to the lowest entrance of the car park, cross the street, and take Chemin du Pré de Cadoudal. The sign marking the start of the route is located at the corner of this crossroads. Walk down this street to Rue Saint-Martin and turn left. Continue downhill and, after passing a fountain and wash house, you will come to the beautiful landscape of meadows and woods in the Tohon valley. Cross the stream to reach a crossroads.
(1) Turn right onto the path that leads into the woods. In the wooded areas, it is useful to follow the yellow markings of the route, as there are many paths and tracks to choose from.
In the valley, you will discover the first mill, which is unique in that it was built straddling the water supply pipe. Beyond this, the path runs along the foot of the hillside, then turns left and climbs up to a road. Follow the foot of the road embankment to reach the Moulin de Célac mill.
(2) The route goes around the safety barrier and descends opposite, via the street that leads to the old mill (uninteresting route). If you're not afraid of climbing over the barrier, simply cross the road to reach the building, which has now been converted into a restaurant. Be careful of traffic, however.
Go around the pond on the left and head to the campsite entrance.
(3) At the entrance, continue along the path that runs along the foot of the road embankment until you reach a small wetland area at the foot of a masonry retaining wall. Go around it to return to the campsite. After passing the toilets, leave the path that runs along the bottom of the valley and take the path that climbs the slope on the left. This path leads to a recent housing development. Continue straight ahead and turn left onto the Kerjumais road to return to the RD1c.
(4) Cross the departmental road (take care) and follow the path straight ahead to the Galinio conservation orchard. This site is home to over two hundred different fruit trees, some of which were planted by pupils from Questembert schools. There is an information panel at the side of the path.
(5) Turn right then left to reach the sports fields, and just before reaching the first one, turn right into a new wooded valley. Follow the bottom of the valley to the old Keredren mill. In this section, you can see the majestic trees (beech trees in particular) covered with moss that line the edge of the path.
(6) When you reach the mill, turn left to go up the road. Cross the hamlet of La Grée Tréhulo and you will come out onto the RD7. Turn right and follow this road for about 500 metres. At the beginning, take the abandoned road, which allows you to walk away from traffic. Further on, the wide shoulder also ensures a minimum of safety.
(7) At the Keredren road, turn left, then immediately right onto the path that leads into the woods. The path slowly begins to descend, running halfway down the slope to the edge of Cohignac Pond. In winter, you can see the pond's waters glistening through the vegetation, but once the leaves appear, it's quite possible to walk right past it without noticing. You then come out at the old mill without having seen the reservoir that fed it. The stream then continues downhill for almost a kilometre, through wooded slopes where asphodels (known locally aspopinettes ) must flourish in early spring, as there are so many visible at the end of winter.
(8) At the first path you come to, turn left to leave the valley and reach the village of Cérillac. Cross it and head back up towards the RD5. Almost opposite, continue along the road that leads to the village of Saint-Jean. In addition to the quality of some of its old houses, this village is notable for the beautiful Saint-Jean l'Hospitalier Chapel (you can ask for the key in the house opposite to visit it and see the magnificent polychrome statue of Saint Margaret), as well as the double cross that adorns the central crossroads.
(9) After visiting the chapel, return to the crossroads and turn right (left if you are not going to the chapel) to reach the heart of the village. Pass in front of the double calvary and continue along the impressive sunken lane that extends the road. After crossing another small valley below Kervazio, the lane climbs briefly but steeply up to the plateau before plunging down towards the Tohon valley.
(10) Shortly before reaching the stream, in a bend, turn right and follow the small path at the foot of the slope. It leads to a footbridge that you must cross to reach the opposite bank. Follow the stream for a while before leaving it behind and tackling the final climb.
(11) Just at the Jardin du Chemin Rochu and the first houses, turn left into the tiny passage between two walls, which winds between the properties before leading to Chemin du Pré de Cadoudal.
You have now completed a circular route, and all that remains is to turn right to return to the starting point by going up the street (S/E).
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