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Departure from the picnic area at the Noue Valley crossing.
The trail is marked in purple throughout.
(S/E) To begin, cross Rue du Pontreau so that the Beuvron is on your left. At the T-junction, turn right and then immediately left to follow the D246 for 300 metres until you turn left onto the Chemin du Gaslin (at an acute angle). Just before the footbridge, you can turn right to see the hydraulic ram (information panel at the ram) and then retrace your steps.
(1) Take the footbridge. Continue for just 100 metres, then turn right onto the grassy path. Descend into the valley and follow the Beuvron for 200 metres, then take another footbridge.
(2) Walk past the entrance to the Écuries du Beuvron and continue through the woods, going around the equestrian centre. You will come back to a road, the D91.
(3) Follow it to the left for about 300 metres. At the crossroads with a cross, turn right onto Rue du Moulin à Vent, then turn left onto Rue du Verger.
(4) Turn immediately right into Impasse du Beau Site and continue along the grassy path on the left, running alongside houses and farmland.
(5) When you reach the next street, turn slightly to the left. Continue straight ahead for 300 metres until you reach the water tower intersection, where you will turn right onto Rue des Mauges until you reach the roundabout.
(6) At the roundabout, take the first exit on the right and take the first road on the left. Follow it for 1 km towards "La Roche".
(7) At the T-junction, turn right towards Abbaye de Belle Fontaine. You are now on Chemin des Canons. Continue straight ahead until you reach the footbridge over the Beuvron (known locally as La Planche de l'Eau).
(8) Continue straight ahead, ignoring the path that branches off to the left, until you cross the village of Le Boulay (600 metres). At the next crossroads, you will arrive at the "La Croix Jeanne-qui-court" calvary, where you will turn left (ignore the path that continues straight ahead).
You will pass to the left of an old windmill, where you continue straight ahead at the next intersection. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the next two roads that branch off to the left.
(9) At the next crossroads, turn left. At the next intersection, you will see a statue of Saint John Nepomuk in a tiny room through a gate. Then go down the tarmac road that runs along the abbey's boundary wall.
(10) A little further on, on your right, you will see the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Help. Take the path on the right after the chapel to reach the footbridge.
(8) Turn right and walk back up the Chemin inverse des Canons that you took on the way there.
(7) Continue straight ahead to cross the hamlet of La Roche with its farm, where a road appears 200 metres further on. When you reach it, turn left, crossing carefully, then take the path on the right 50 metres further on.
Continue for 900 metres on "la Chaussée des Hayes" until you reach the T-junction (with the calvary on the left-hand corner).
(11) Turn left, then right to walk alongside the houses on your left.
(12) Turn left onto Rue du Pontreau and continue for 400 metres until you reach the car park on the left before Le Beuvron (S/E).
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