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Start from the small car park at Saint-Nicolas Church, in the village of Tavant. Access via the D760, which links L'île-Bouchard and Anché.
(S/E) With your back to the D760, with the church on your left and the old station on your right, head up Rue du Porteau opposite. At the fork that appears after about a hundred metres, take a narrow tarmac road on the left. Climb slightly then continue on a gentle uphill slope.
(1) Ignore the farm track branching off to the right and continue for about 250m along the small road. When this turns left, carry straight on along a tarmac path with a grassy strip down the middle.
(2) At the end of the tarmac, continue straight ahead onto a wide grassy track and pass under a power line. At the end of the track, follow a small road to the left.
(3) At the T-junction, follow the D113 to the left (be careful, narrow verge). After a clump of bushes on the left, turn left towards Gros Bois. After about 150m, you will reach the dolmen known as Palet de Gargantua.
(4) Retrace your steps, then follow the D113 to the left again.
(5) At the crossroads, turn left onto the D302 towards Tavant. Ignore a turning off to the left and continue along the wall of the Château de Haut Brizay park on your right.
(6) At the next junction, turn sharply left onto a path running parallel to a power line on the left-hand side.
(7) At the bottom of a short descent and just before a farm, turn right onto a wide path that follows the hollow of a small valley. After about 400m, the path is bordered on the right by a hedge containing beautiful walnut trees.
(8) At the end of the hedge, note the bell tower of Tavant church on the left and continue slightly downhill between the fields.
(9) At the T-junction, follow the road to the left. When it bends to the right, leave it and take a gravel path (dead end) to the left, which is none other than the embankment of the old railway line. Follow this path to the church (S/E).
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