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(S/E) Leave the church car park in Pajay and walk down Rue du Centre towards the plain (south-west). You will soon come to a stop sign.
(1) Cross the D73 and take the lane opposite (Chemin du Loup). You will come to a fork. Take the right-hand path and you will arrive at the Loup pond. Take the grassy path on your right to go around the pond.
Return to Chemin du Loup and follow it to the right for a while (be careful, it's not the wolves that are dangerous here, but the few motor vehicles that tend to drive a little fast).
(2) When you find a good gravel path on your left, take it. Very quickly, at a fork, take the right-hand branch. Your path turns to the right, then, after a small wood, to the left, then to the right again.
(3) You will come out onto a small road (Chemin des Bruyères), which you take on the right. When you reach the hamlet of Les Bruyères, turn right. Ignore a path coming from your left (signposted "Boucle du Sonnaillet") and continue along the small tarmac road.
(4) When you reach the hamlet of Gourrat (signposted "chemin de Gourrat"), turn left. Very soon, your road will turn left around a house. Take the gravel path opposite you.
At the block of houses, turn right (there are often three dogs running loose that bark. So far, they have ignored my rather appetising calves). When you reach a crossroads, continue straight ahead.
(5) You will see a tall laurel hedge on your right. When it ends, you will see some enclosures. In these enclosures, you can often see wallabies and llamas.
(6) Cross the D73 and continue straight ahead. You will quickly pass the ponds on your left and then a walnut grove on your right, arriving at a complex crossroads.
(7) Sign for "Plaine de Braye". Turn right (hairpin bend). A little further on, take the small road on the left that goes up the hill. Enjoy it, as it's the only hill on the whole walk (you'll gain 70 metres in altitude in no time!). The road quickly turns into a good gravel track. After a while, ignore the path that descends to the right.
(8) When the view opens up on your right, you will see beautiful panoramas, particularly of the Vercors.
Your path turns to the right. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead (yellow markings).
(9) At the "Le parapluie" sign, continue straight ahead. Further on, you will come to another forest track; descend to the right. When you reach the hamlet of Le Bois, turn left. You will come to a small road; turn right. At the next fork, turn left to return to the church in Pajay, your starting point (S/E).
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Very difficult 
