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The walk starts from the small car park in front of the entrance to the Annerie chapel.
(S/E) When you are facing the entrance to the chapel, go down to the right and slip between the houses still in front of you. The street then turns into a path, which you follow. Ignore the path on the left signposted Moulin de Gilaizeau and continue straight ahead. Turn 90° to the right, then downhill. When you reach the road, turn left until you see a sign on the right for "La Sauzaie". Leave the road and take the path leading to this property.
(1) At the entrance to the property, turn left onto theGR® de Pays and walk between a hedge and the fence of the cow pasture. At the end, a right/left turn (not visible on the map) allows you to continue in the same direction to reach La Saulnerie. Cross the hamlet, bear slightly left and then immediately take the path on the right which soon runs alongside the riding centre. When you see the barriers and the riding arena, turn 90° right and follow the gentle descent.
(2) At the crossroads, turn right onto the path that leads to Les Pimpennières, which you cross. At the crossroads, the road on the right narrows and is limited to 30 km/h. Follow it and cross a railway line to reach La Maison Rouge.
(3) At the entrance to Maison Rouge, turn right! At the exit of the hamlet, do not turn right and take the curved descent. At the end of this bend, look out for a path (gate) on the left that descends between two fences before climbing back up (gate) and then descending on the right towards the Sèvre. At the bottom, follow the river as closely as possible to the left until you reach the small road that leads to the entrance to Moulin Rousselin. Head straight ahead towards the houses.
(4) At the restaurant, turn right to cross the Sèvre on a footbridge that continues with very large granite blocks and immediately turn right before tackling a steep, stony climb (small rocks) on the left. Continue in the same direction until you reach the hamlet of La Guignardière, which you will cross in front of you, slipping between two houses (garden tables and chairs are there almost all year round).
(5) Then turn right/left and follow the path downhill for about 50 m. Turn left again, then immediately right onto the Conseil Général de Vendée cycle path until you reach La Doucinière.
(6) When you see the stop sign, turn right (you will pass a shell casing) and continue downhill, keeping to the right along the hamlet of La Doucinière. At the bottom, the street turns into a path and heads left. Follow it for about 150 m, then turn right and walk back to the Chevalier footbridge, which offers a beautiful view of the hamlet and the Sèvre.
(7) Retrace your steps and this time turn right to follow the Sèvre.
(8) Pass under the viaduct and walk along the river (the path that branches off to the left no longer exists and the path is lined with barbed wire fencing) until you reach the old dilapidated Hucheloup factory, which you go around.
(9) Leave the Sèvre via a staircase on the right to reach the village. At the top, take the first street on the right which descends towards the footbridge that takes you back to the right bank of the Sèvre, the Annerie; you are almost there! At the three-way junction before the footbridge, ignore the road on the left between numbers 42 and 57 (entrance to a property).
(10) At the end of the footbridge, opposite the property, turn left and follow the river, without going up the path that soon appears on the right. After passing through a series of woods and meadows, the path turns into a small road, climbing at a 90° angle to the right. At the top, turn left and after 100 m, take thefirst road on the right. When you reach the junction with the street, turn left and stay on the main road, i.e. do not change direction. The chapel will soon come into view (S/E).
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