The Borne des Quatre Paroisses circular route from Cerdon-du-Loiret

Park at Place du Marché.

(S/E) Leave the square heading west-southwest, join Rue des Limousins and follow it to the left towards Clémont, ignoring all adjacent streets. Cross the bridge over the Surget river, then a small disused railway line.

(1) Turn right onto Rue des Hauteraux (CV9 sign, white-red^GR®3Cmarkings), leaving Rue des Châtaigniers on your right. Walk 150 metres up the slightly sloping street to a Y-junction.

Then follow the path on the left (CR28,^GR®3C, white-red markings), ignore the side paths, cross a ford via a small wooden footbridge, and continue to a T-junction.

(2) Turn left, following the white-red markings, pass the Hodeaux farm on your right, then take the path on the right just after a shed. Follow the CR29 signs and the white-red markings of^{the GR®3C}. Pass the Château de la Boulaie on your left.

Continue along this grassy path, ignoring all side paths, and a little further on, pass a pond on your right. The path comes to a meadow, take a sharp left turn then another right turn. Cross the large meadow to reach a wider path.

(3) Turn right and follow this long white path for 600 metres, marked in white and red, ignoring the first path on the right and the path leading to Les Acensis, also on the right. Follow the CR30 marked in white and red until you reach a crossroads.

(4) Leave the^GR®3Con your left. Follow the path on the right marked Borne des Quatre Paroisses, CR23. Continue along this long dirt path, leaving the Chemin des Acensis on your right, continue straight ahead and pass a pond (wetland).

(5) At the next intersection, a sign indicates CR (the number 89 has been added to the marker) marked blue and white. Follow this sign and continue straight ahead. At the next crossroads, leave a private path on your left and the CR32 on your right, and continue straight ahead following the sign for CR23, Borne des Quatre Paroisses.

Pass another crossroads, still following the same sign. You will reach the Borne des Quatre Paroisses. This marker is located on the right-hand side of the path at an intersection.

(6) Pass the CR34 on your right towards Cerdon and a bridle path on your left marked 2 Pays Sancerre Sologne. Continue along the path opposite, passing between two metal posts (CR signpost and a drawing of a rabbit). There is also a CR23 sign.

Continue along this path, which runs parallel to a private road. Ignore all side paths until you reach a Y-shaped intersection.

(7) Continue straight ahead (no markings), ignoring all minor paths, until you reach an X-shaped intersection where a sign pointing in the opposite direction indicates Borne des Quatre Paroisses, CR23. Follow the path on the right and join the D129. Turn left, follow the road on the left-hand side (take care) for 650m. Join the D7 and cross it carefully.

(8) Turn right and follow this road with caution towards Isdes, following the white-red markings. Cross the Beuvron bridge, then leave the Route de Chaon on your left and Les Guillaumes on your right. You will reach an intersection opposite a petrol station.

(9) Take the path on the right, taking care when crossing the road, following the white-red markings. Continue for two kilometres, ignoring all side paths, until you reach a pond at a place called Le Ménage (where you can take a break).

(10) Continue for one kilometre, ignoring any minor paths, until you reach a Y-junction at a place called Les Roberts. A high dyke on the left hides a large pond. Leave the CV6 on your left.

(11) Follow the path opposite, marked in white and red, then on a slight incline, leave the entrance to Les Roberts on your right. Continue for 250 metres to reach an intersection at a place called La Sablonnière. Ignore the dead-end road on the left and the private driveway on the right.
Continue straight ahead along the grassy path (there are no markings, do not be misled by the poorly positioned private road sign; you will find the white and red markings again a few dozen metres further on).

At the next intersection, ignore the signposted CR32 path on the right and continue straight ahead, following the white-red markings. Cross the stream flowing from the Étang des Villoings. Pass the Dunkerque-Barcelona Green Meridian marker and reach the D51, crossing it very carefully.

(12) Turn right, follow the road on the left-hand side, following the white-red markings, cross the bridge over the Gravotte, then pass the entrance to Les Guérets on your left. Continue for 80 metres to reach a path on the left. Take the path on the left and follow the 80 and CR2 markings, ignoring the side paths, until you reach an intersection.

(13) Turn right and follow the^GR®3Ctrail (markers 80) for 300 metres until you reach an intersection at a place called Grignon. First turn right then left and follow the path that passes in front of the house (no markings, but you will find white-red markings a little further on). Leave Saint-Joseph on your right and reach an inverted Y-junction.

(14) Follow the path on the right, CR1,^GR®3C. Continue along a disused railway line located below on the left-hand side. Reach the D51. Turn left, cross the disused railway line, then leave Rues des Anciens Combattants on your left. Use the zebra crossing to cross the road (take care). Follow the pavement on the right towards the town centre and you will reach Place du Marché (S/E).