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(S) At the Huriel campsite, turn left as you leave and join the D916, following the Riau Giro. Go under the railway bridge (be careful!) and take the dirt track opposite. After about 1.2 km, it changes direction and comes to a three-way junction.
(1) Turn right towards the hamlet of Mandrant. In the hamlet, turn right, then left and left again
(2) At the end of the hamlet, take the road on the right which immediately turns left
(3) At the road, turn right towards Maussat, then pass this hamlet by about 100 m. Leave the road and take a path on the left. After a ford, go up a steep path. Cross the D150 and head towards Peiges.
(4) About 150 m further on, turn left towards Peiges and take thefirst left past Les Ouches de Peiges. Follow the edge of a pond and take the path on the right to Laugère.
(5) Take the road on the right through Beaucatier and Villebeau.
(6) After Villebeau, take the road on the left, turn right at the three-way junction, cross the Liat and continue up to Jarges.
(7) At Jarges, follow the road opposite and join the D242, turning right until you reach the crossroads.
(8) At this crossroads, take the road on the right to Frontenat, where you follow the D309 on the right.
(9) Follow the D309 to Les Coutures
(10) Keep right on the path and then on a small road.
(11) Turn left before reaching Peiges onto the road that heads towards Archignat and soon descends towards the railway line. Turn left and pass under the railway line through a narrow tunnel. Cross a stream and climb up to Archignat until you reach a crossroads with four roads.
(12) At Archignat, head towards Boussac. In a bend in the D916, turn left onto the Chemin de Longevergne (panorama). At the end of this long lane lined with hedges, continue in the same direction.
(13) Turn left onto a path before Longevergne, cross the Magieure and follow a pond. Cross the railway line under a bridge and take the path on the right. Follow this path straight ahead to the Mandelet quarry road, which you take opposite, turn right and cross the railway line and continue straight ahead to the D916.
(14) Follow the D916 to the left for 200 m (be careful!) and take thefirst path on the right, which you follow until you reach the houses. Turn left and then left again, cross the village and take the path on the right.
(15) At a three-way junction, take the path on the left. You will reach a crossroads with four paths.
(16) At the four-way intersection, turn right. At the entrance to the Sugère woods, continue straight ahead on a forest lane. At the fork in the lanes, turn right and continue along this lane to exit the woods. Join a small road, then turn right onto the D 549 towards Chambérat.
(17) Then turn left towards La Cueille. After the houses, continue along a path lined with box trees.
(18) Cross the Meuzelle ford and go up a sunken lane to Vieille Vigne.
(19) At the entrance to the village, go around a pond on the right, cross the D249 and continue opposite on a grassy path until you reach a crossroads.
(20) Turn right, then at the next two intersections, turn left and left again.
(21) Cross the D113 (take care) and continue straight ahead. At the crossroads, turn right, then left towards Saint-Rémy. Continue to a four-way intersection.
(22) At the intersection, take the hairpin bend onto the gravel road on the right. Cross a road and continue straight ahead. In a bend after a house, turn left onto a grassy path. At the next intersections, turn right then left. The path descends towards the Arnon.
(23) Ford the weir of the ponds; after an old mill, take the path on the left in the undergrowth, then turn right. Cross the hamlet of Le Patouiller.
(24) Cross the Arnonsur on the right. A steep slope, then a small road on the left, lead to Vienny. Follow the access road to Vienny until you reach a three-way junction.
(25) Turn left onto the D545. Cross this road (take care) and take the wide grassy path opposite. You will come to a crossroads with four paths at Préveranges.
(26) At the four-way intersection, continue straight ahead, then turn left. You will come to a road: follow it to the right, pass a reservoir and arrive at the D112.
(27) Turn right onto the departmental road. The route leaves the Allier and Bourbonnais regions and enters Berry in the Cher department in the commune of Préveranges. About 150m further on, take the first path on the left towards Le Mas.
(28) Cross a farmyard (communal road), then follow a small road on the left for a few metres. Turn right onto a path (east); follow it without difficulty until you reach the D997 departmental road (note the rest area with a pond opposite, while on the right, a beautiful farm forms the corner) and a 300-year-old oak tree opposite.
(29) Follow the road to the right and then right again until you reach the Préveranges campsite (E).
