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Park in the car park opposite the church in Le Vanneau.
(S/E) Walk round the church on the right to reach Impasse de l’Aumée. Turn left to go behind the cemetery and turn right onto Rue de la Couarde. Turn left at the bend before the plywood factory.
Cross the bridge over the Fossé de Virecourt and continue along the tarmac road. Take two bends and reach a junction before another bridge (tarmac road).
(1) Turn left and continue to the village of La Chaume, cross the bridge and join Rue de la Chaume. Follow the road to the left for about 150 m, then cross over and arrive at the junction.
(2) Take the street on the right towards the centre of Irleau. Pass the Grand Port d’Irleau on your right and continue left along the Grand Rue d’Irleau until you reach a junction with a roundabout on the left. Turn left, cross the roundabout and take Rue des Essarts, which climbs towards Sèvre.
(3) Turn right onto the path just before the last house. At the bridge over the Grande Rigole de la Garette, push the barrier preventing vehicles from crossing the bridge and continue along the path which turns left, then further on to the right along the Fossé des Vergnées
(4) Cross the footbridge over the Fossé des Vergnées. Continue along a grassy path, then cross a small tarmac road and carry on straight ahead along a dirt track.
(5) Turn left, staying on the dirt track. Turn left onto the tarmac road.
(6) At the road leading to Irleau, turn right (picnic table) and, immediately afterwards, take the dirt track on the left. After about 200 m, leave the dirt track that branches off to the left and continue straight on along a grassy path.
(7) Cross the D102 and continue straight ahead on the grassy path until you reach a more passable track; follow it.
(8) Turn left and, after about 200 m, take the first path on the left. Cross the D180 and continue along the path opposite.
(9) Turn left, pass a farm and join the Route de Niort (D102).
(10) Turn left towards the village of Le Vanneau. Pass the Route de Saint-Georges on your left and, a little further on, take Rue de la Poste on the left before the bend. Join and cross Rue de la Mairie, cross the square behind the war memorial to reach the car park opposite the church (S/E).
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