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Car park at Kerlaz Town Hall.
YellowPR®® markings (not very common)
(S/E) With your back to the car park, head towards Rue de l'Église, a one-way street. Walk alongside Saint-Germain Church (16th-17th century), cross the D7 with caution and pass through a square (Place des Résistants). Follow the farm track that extends from it and walk alongside a cypress hedge.
(1) Turn left onto the first stony path that descends into the valley. It continues along a grassy path that leads to a water reservoir.
GR®®38White and Red
Walk along the left-hand side, pass under a power line and then turn left to climb fairly steeply along the edge of the field.
(2) Turn right onto a narrow path to enter a woodland area consisting mainly of holly. Continue along this path overlooking the bottom of the valley until you reach a road, which you descend to the right. Pass Kerlard farm and cross a stream.
(3) Turn left at the Kerlard Vian sign and climb up this communal road, with a lake on your left. Continue climbing to the right along a hedge that borders a garden with a stream running through it. At the top, turn right to enter the undergrowth and cross it. When you come out of the wooded area, continue on the plateau overlooking the Névet valley (view of Douarnenez and the bottom of the bay).
YellowPR®® markings
(4) At the picnic table, leave theGR®® trail on your left and continue on thePR®® trail, which descends towards the Mescalet farm. Go around the farm on the left to reach a small road.
Follow it to the left, passing the sign for Ménez Mescalet (signpost) on your right, and continue along a path lined with power lines. You will arrive at a place called Coat Mescalet (not shown on the map).
Go down the road and, at the last house on the left (iron gate), look for a very discreet path that climbs steeply into the woods. Walk along the left side of an old quarry (be careful, there is no protection). This path is quite rough. At the top, turn right to find a road above the Rohou farm (silage corn pile on the right).
(5) Go up the tree-lined road on the left, which continues as a carriage road. Walk along the edge of a property until you reach the gate of the "Koat Ar Gazek Glaz" estate (Bois de la Jument Verte, former wedding reception venue). At the "Coz-Castel, 2.5km" sign, turn right and walk along the estate's fence.
(6) At the signpost, turn right and continue to follow the fence on your right. Continue along this long driveway, which continues as a narrower path. Keep to the right of the fence that marks the boundary of the woods. Continue down to the bottom of the valley until you reach a small stream.
(7) Cross it and climb back up (yellow markings) to the junction with a wide lane, Hent ar Stankou (Chemin des Étangs), still on the edge of the woods. (The map is not very accurate at this point).
Off the trail
At the Hent ar Stankou - Kroas Hent ar Pemp Hent signpost (crossroads of five paths), follow the wide lane straight ahead towards Hent ar Stankou (north-east). Ignore the yellow markings on both the right and left. Pass a pond on the left, Stang ar Bleiz (Wolf Pond), and continue up this long, stepped climb to the large crossroads with a map of the woods and picnic tables.
(8) Cut across the long path, Hent Kreiz (central path), and continue almost straight ahead in a north-westerly direction. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the various paths on both the right and left, and join theGR®®38coming from the right.
GR®®38White and Red
(9) Turn left onto thisGR®® and continue along this wide path, which continues along a route suitable for people with reduced mobility. Stay on the main path even if theGR®® makes a small circular loop to the left (footbridge) and reach a car park. Continue along the small road that leads to Vieux Chatel, IME of the Championnet Association.
(10) Continue straight ahead along the road, turn left and cross Penn ar Vur to reach a road marked as a dead end.
(11) Turn right, pass under a power line and continue along a grassy path that leads to a street, Route de Parc Land.
(12) Follow it to the left, pass in front of a biscuit factory, and continue along the abandoned road. Then walk carefully along the D7 for a good hundred metres.
(13) Opposite the school, cross the D7 at the pedestrian crossing to reach the school car park, cross it on the left and continue along the pavement alongside the road. Turn right into Rue de l'Église to return to the car park near the town hall (S/E).
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