Park in the car park at the southern leisure area of the Saint-Sauvant Forest.
(S/E) Head due south along the Route Forestière de la Méridienne until you reach the wooden barrier blocking access to cars.
(1) Take the path on the right which runs alongside the forest and the fields.
(2) Keep to the right to stay along the edge of the woodland and join the D29.
(3) Cross the road, taking the usual precautions, then do the same for the D96 just after. Continue along the path opposite, ignoring the turnings on either side, until you reach a small road which you should follow to the right for about 200 metres to reach a junction.
(4) Turn right onto the path that leads into the forest and fields, and follow it straight on until you reach the Route Forestière des Grandes Croisées.
(5) Follow this track to the right for 200 metres, then take the path branching off to the right. Pass by the farm on the right where members of the Resistance were killed in 1944 (La Branlerie), and continue until you reach the wide avenue known as Laie des Chateliers.
(6) Follow this avenue until you reach the Route Forestière du Fort à l’Anglais.
(7) Take the first major lane on the right, then turn off onto the first major lane on the left. Pass the forester’s cottage on your right and continue until you reach the D96 at the entrance to the hamlet of Le Parc.
(8) Turn right onto this road, take the left-hand bend after 100 m and carry on to the next junction.
(9) Turn left onto the Route Forestière des Carmes and join the D29 at the Méridienne crossroads.
(10) Cross carefully and follow the forest road opposite, which leads to the start car park (S/E).