Route between Lin and Vigne (medium-length circular route)

Start at the chapel in the hamlet of Sonneville. Green signposting with alternative yellow (19.6 km) and blue (8.7 km) signposting

(S/E) Head towards the road, turn right (north) and cross the bridge. At the junction, take the small road on your right which runs alongside the house (the second road on the right). Continue straight on through the vineyards until you reach the hamlet of Chez Ballet. Turn left at the end of the road to leave the hamlet. After about 200 metres, turn right to enter the woods.

(1) At the T-junction, take the path on the left. Carry on straight ahead, pass the house on your right and take the path on your left immediately afterwards. Turn right at the junction and head towards the houses at Maine Bois.

(2) Turn left at the junction, then, at the Fork in the road, follow the path on the right to walk alongside the row of trees. Cross the D1 road and take the path opposite. Carry on straight ahead along the path through the vineyards for about 500 metres. At the junction by the buildings at Maine Geais, turn left towards the trees. Turn right at the trees, then take the path on your left to enter the small wood. Walk through the wood, then turn right.

(3) At the edge of the woodland, turn left and carry on straight ahead along the small road towards Le Maine. Once you reach the hamlet, turn right towards the woodland.

(4) At the edge of the woods, turn right at the junction towards the vineyards and carry on straight ahead for about 800 metres. Just before reaching the D1, turn left, ignore a path on the left and enter the woods.

(5) At the first junction inside the woodland, turn left at a 90° angle. At the edge of the woodland, veer slightly to the right to cross a vineyard and carry on straight ahead (south) towards Saint-Palais. At a T-junction, turn left. After about a hundred metres, turn right.

(6) Turn right, then veer left onto a path. Carry on straight ahead alongside a vineyard and then a woodland. Turn left at the corner of the woodland and carry on for about 150 metres.

(7) Then turn left to walk alongside the row of trees and carry on straight ahead until you reach the road. Cross the road and take the path directly opposite you. Walk through the woodland until you find yourself amongst the vineyards and carry on straight ahead until you reach the hamlet known as ‘Chez Guillon’.

(8) Turn right, then immediately right onto a path. Keep slightly to the right at the corner of the building. At the junction, head left. Ignore a path on the left and, at the next junction, turn right. After the first house on your left, take the path on the right. Once you reach the road, turn left to head towards Sonneville. At the D1, turn right and cross the bridge to return to the starting point (S/E).

Picnic tables and a motorhome area are available at the Charmille site (Bourg de Lignière-Sonneville) at the start of the 19.6 km and 8.7 km routes.