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Parking above the village hall.
This route is marked in orange with a corkscrew sign.
(S/E) Exit the car park of the village hall on the right and follow the 16 km route, Rue de l'Ancien Pensionnat, then join the Route de Berne and turn left in front of the Château de Champ-Renard. Arrive at the departmental road.
(1) Cross the D19 and take the path opposite, which climbs between houses and vineyards, and continue on the Route du Crêt de Charnat, ignoring a road on the left. Continue to the next intersection.
(2) Turn left into Impasse du Crêt de Charnat for 20 metres, then take the path on the right. Alternatively, you can discover the orientation table 100 metres further on by going up to the left.
Go around the hill and turn right onto the Croix du Ban road, passing a cadole (vineyard hut) on your right. Continue on the same side for 10 metres until you reach the departmental road.
(3) Take the D20 on the left for 350 m (walk on the grassy strip to the right of the road). At the crossroads, take the road on the left (D649.2), Route de Montmelas, for 250 m until you reach the copse.
(4) Take the path on the left that goes downhill. Keep to the right at the intersection, then, when you reach the small tarmac road, go up it on the right for 300 m to reach the entrance to the hamlet of Le Gay.
(5) Turn right onto Route de Montmelas for 50 metres, then turn left onto Impasse du Peillon until you reach Route de la Croix du Ban.
(6) Cross it and take the path opposite, which climbs for a few metres and then turns left, passing the Blacé tree-top adventure park on the left and joining the Col de Failly.
(7) Take thesecond pathon the left, which climbs gently, and reach the Col de Saint-Bonnet via a gentle descent , or take the more challenging option on the first path on your left, which is steep, and reach the Col de Saint-Bonnet via a steep descent.
(8) Cross the crossroads and take the path on the right to reach the Chapelle de Saint-Bonnet. Keep right at the next two crossroads to reach a third.
(9) Take the path on the right and, after a short, fairly steep 150-metre climb between the box trees, you will arrive at the Chapelle de Saint-Bonnet.
(10) Then take a small path on the right to descend 500 metres between the box trees and reach Rue de Saint-Bonnet on the left below. Follow it to the left for 300 metres.
(11) Take the first path on the right that descends. Pass under the Montmelas cemetery, Rue du Prieuré, and continue along the path through the vineyards, making a first turn right then left until you reach the road and the Château de Montmelat.
(12) Cross the D649-2, Rue du Repos or Route de Montmelas. Starting from the villa, go down 200 metres, then turn left at the walnut tree and go down along the woods and continue downhill until you see a cadole (vineyard hut) on the left.
(13) Turn in this direction, leaving the cadole above, then follow the valley of a stream downhill to Route des Grandes Terres.
(14) Turn right, then immediately left onto thefirst path and follow the path downhill to the Le Marverand stream, ignoring a path on the right. Cross the stream and then climb up the left-hand side towards Le Montoux on a fairly steep slope. Turn right at the junction. Ignore a path leading down to the right and you will arrive at Le Montoux.
(15) When crossing Le Montoux, the owner of the house has four dogs tied up along the communal path, which may impress hikers but are not dangerous. Continue to the road.
(16) Take the path on the right towards La Madone. At the end of the boxwood path, below La Madone, take the path on the left. At the entrance to the hamlet of Le Gonnu, take the road on the left. Cross the hamlet until you reach the work of Christine Debonnaire (ceramic designer).
(17) Take the path on the right, cut across Impasse du Gonnu and join Impasse des Maisons Neuves.
(18) Turn right and reach the village of Blacé via Rue des Carrières, then turn left onto Rue du Cellier. Cross the village of Blacé, passing a church on your left, and continue to the roundabout near the town hall.
(19) Take thesecond road on the right, D19A, Avenue de la Mairie, and head to the hikers' car park behind the village hall (S/E).
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