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Parking in front of the church and town hall of Marsanne, Avenue Albin Davin.
(S/E) With your back to the church, go to the crossroads on Avenue René Chartron (town hall on your right). Cross and continue straight ahead until you reach the fork (signs). Turn right onto Rue du Comte de Poitiers, which climbs towards the old village. At the next fork (wash house on your right), continue straight ahead to pass under the tower (Place du Légat). Follow Rue Saint-Claude, which climbs up between beautiful houses.
At the end of the street, when the surface changes, turn right onto Rue du Prieuré. 20 metres further on, turn right again towards the Church of Saint-Félix. A few steps allow you to go around the last house in the village and lead to the Church of Saint-Félix.
(1) Go around the building on the left and follow the path. At the last ruin, turn right onto a path that leads to a beautiful viewpoint over the old medieval village. Return to the main path and climb up to the right to quickly reach the D57 in a bend (Saint-Félix signpost).
Stay on the right side of the road to complete the bend, ignore the path that branches off to the right and climb up the embankment opposite to join a wide path. Start climbing and after about 50m, you will see a signpost on your left. Take the path, which is quite steep at first and almost straight. The slope then levels out at Serre de Saint-Félix and the path descends for a while until you reach a crossroads.
(2) Turn left towards Pont de Terre. Shortly afterwards, ignore a path on the right and another one a little further on (almost invisible). You will arrive at the Pont de Terre sign in a bend.
Turn right onto the wide path towards Jeu du Palet. Ignore a vague path on the left (hardly visible) and stay on the main path. After an 800m climb, at the crossroads, stay on the main path on the right to reach a crossroads 50m further on. A short detour to the right will take you to a post with information about the birds of the forest.
Return to the path and continue right until the next intersection.
(3) Turn left onto the track, then after 500 m, you will arrive at a crossroads on an esplanade at the foot of the wind turbines (Jeu du Palet sign opposite).
(4) Continue left to follow the four wind turbines. Pass a small telecommunications antenna, ignore a path on the right and continue down the track to the road.
(5) Turn right and follow the D57 until you reach the entrance to the tree-climbing park car park. Cross the car park along the road. At the second car park entrance, continue straight ahead on the track towards Gros Fayard. At the next junction, turn left onto the stony path. Stay on the main path for about 1.5 km until you reach the Gros Fayard signpost (multiple junction).
(6) Continue straight ahead on this same track towards Creux des Alexis for another 700m.
(7) At the crossroads, turn onto the left-hand path towards Fresneau. After 200m, go through the gate and continue straight ahead (ignore the path on the left). Shortly afterwards, the path turns left and follows the power line. After the last pylon, the path narrows and becomes more rugged as it enters the forest. Continue until you reach a crossroads.
(8) Turn right and follow the road until you reach another junction.
(9) Turn right and immediately left onto the path in the forest. It descends gradually to a new crossroads.
(10) Turn left (barrier) and follow this well-marked path which leads to Notre-Dame de Fresneau, an unusual church with two cannons decorating its entrance.
(11) With your back to the church, follow the paved road that goes around the small chapel on the right (miraculous fountain on the right). After the chapel, follow the road on the left that leads to a crossroads (rubbish bins). Turn right onto Avenue de Bailliencourt, which leads to the centre of the village. Cross the road and head for the car park (S/E).
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