The Lycée de l’Oisellerie prohibits anyone from crossing its grounds for safety reasons.
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The car park is located on Avenue de la Gare, next to the health centre.
(S/E) Leave the car park and walk north along Rue de la Libération, keeping to the right-hand pavement. After 550 m, you will reach the Town Hall and then the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
(1) After 400 m, turn left onto Rue Léonard Jarraud and you will reach the wash house.
(2) Continue along Rue Léonard Jarraud for 140 m. On your right is the Abbey.
(3) Continue along the same street on the left-hand pavement, crossing the three successive roundabouts using the pedestrian crossings. At the third roundabout, cross Route de Saint-Michel (D103) and follow it.
(4) Turn right onto Route de la Croisade, then take the path on the right and follow it to Allée de l’Oisellerie. Cross it and walk alongside the school until you reach the entrance to Château de l’Oisellerie.
(5) Cross the château courtyard, go round the building to reach the garden.
(6) Walk through it, passing by the sundial, and exit the garden through the wooden gate. Take the path on the right, then turn onto the path leading to the woods, passing between the school’s buildings. After the last house, walk 150 m and take the path on the right. At the next junction, turn right towards the pumping station. Walk around the Bois de l’Oisellerie, following the edge of the woodland until you reach the white path. In spring, you can see primroses and orchids there.
(7) Follow the path to the electricity pylon. Turn onto the path on the right. In the village of Le Mas, take the first road on the right until you reach Route de Saint-Michel. Turn right onto this road until you reach Rue des Tulipes.
(8) Follow this street, leaving the village by following the white path. At the 67-metre mark, keep left on the white path. At the next junction, continue along the white path to the right, running alongside the D215. Enter the Forêt des Moines until you reach the first path on the right.
(9) Turn left onto the marked path opposite the track coming from the village of La Forêt, and follow it through the woods to the roundabout. Cross the D215 by going round the roundabout on the Nersac side. Take great care on the bend as visibility is poor. Walk past the water reservoir and follow the path through the woods to reach Chemin du Parc. Follow this road until the first left, which leads to Route du Grand Maine.
(10) Follow it towards La Couronne, then take Rue du Grand Plantier on the right. Follow the path to the entrance to the village of Les Courtes. At the village entrance, take the path on the left to the Nige Chat fountain.
(11) Continue along the path and head up through the housing estate, crossing it until you reach Route de La Mondone. Follow Route de La Mondone to the transformer. Take Route de la Charbonnière on the right until you reach the rubbish bins.
(12) Take the path on the left that runs alongside the N10. To the left of the Pinotière landfill site is a solar farm. Go under the N10 bridge and follow the path to the roundabout on Route de Bordeaux.
(13) Cross the roundabout, walk past the two blocks of flats, cross the car park and follow the path through the housing estate. Follow Rue George Sand to the Avenue de l’Étang des Moines bus stop.
(14) Cross the avenue, pass between the blocks of flats and cross Place des Anciens Combattants. Follow Rue de Puybrandet, turn right onto Passage de Puybrandet and cross Rue Victor Hugo. Follow Rue du Champ de Foire, turn left at the end and follow Avenue de la Gare to the car park (S/E).
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