Courçon via the forest

Date of your route : Aug 19, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The start of the route from the village of Coulon and the section running alongside the forest are pleasant, but after that there’s quite a bit of road, which is a bit of a shame.

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Date of your route : Apr 27, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

To start the walk, you’ll need a compass as there’s no signpost for Benon at the market square. It would also be helpful to give the name of the small alleyway 150 metres in. What is ‘Cote 24’? I couldn’t find the path to the burial mounds and ended up stumbling upon the right route by chance. But it seems to me that the start of this route would benefit from being revised, especially as new housing estates have been built.
Lots of walking on tarmac, very little woodland (private property that you walk alongside); you mainly walk along small roads running alongside huge fields of maize and sunflowers.
One small positive: the mill at Neuillon

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Date of your route : Oct 26, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

The start’s fine, just make sure you don’t miss the alley
Why the title "Courçon through the forest" when we simply run alongside the Benon Forest, no walk through the forest as one might have hoped
just tarmac all the way , a bit of a long haul
We missed the turn-off to the left before the little road to Cressé on the right.
Not to be done in the heat of the day! Perfect for a breath of fresh air in October
Sylviane

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Date of your route : Jan 13, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

It was our first time using Visorando, and it works really well with a smartphone. One small thing to watch out for when starting off is the alleyway – you need to be careful not to walk too far before turning into it. However, there’s one thing I’ll need to look into further: the average speed shown and the distance covered on the smartphone don’t match what we actually experienced on the ground. (12km and nearly 6km/h).
An interesting route for a breath of fresh air, but nothing more; when you walk along the edge of the forest, the double row of ‘electrified’ fencing is a bit frustrating.
We hope to try another route soon

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Date of your route : Jun 22, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It’s lovely and peaceful, with plenty of greenery – a real treat

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As for the burial mounds, they are marked at the start of the route at point (1), but you have to leave the trail to see them, as mentioned in the description...

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Date of your route : May 02, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

A pleasant route along the edge of the forest, but the rest of the route on tarmac is a bit of a let-down; you can admire and smell the rapeseed.
Rue de la Minoterie isn’t signposted when you turn onto it, only when you leave it. Also, the name of the lane to take on the left right at the start should be indicated!
Yannick

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Thanks, luc21965
I’ve noticed once again that poor waymarking leads to the walk being rated poorly. It’s a shame because neither the author nor Visorando is to blame. It’s the description itself that needs to be rated, and you should let us know if any details or information are missing. That way, we can improve it and help future walkers.

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Date of your route : Apr 30, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

A hike where we were supposed to see some burial mounds at the end? Yeah, right!!! And the route was really poorly signposted.... Thank goodness I had a compass!!!

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