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Lochrist car park.
Markings: Yellow
(S/E) With your back to the car park, head south along the small road through the little village of Lochrist, notable for its old houses. Pass the hamlet of Pont l’Her, with an old wayside cross on the left and the flashing lighthouse built in 1939 on the right. Continue, leaving the road towards Brest on your left, and pass Kermergant (lodge), where you leave the signposting.
No signposting
(1) Carry on along the same road as it descends towards a stream. Look out for a hillock on the left, dominated by a former German command post dating from the Second World War.
VTT4 signposting
(2) At the signpost, turn right onto a grassy path heading west. Follow this path as it crosses the D85, then join the coastal path.
GR®®34markings: White and red
(3) Turn right and follow this path towards Le Conquet. Pass the Pointe de Penzer and then the Grève Bleue to reach the first in a series of small beaches, Porz Liogan. The path turns north-west, skirting another beach.
(4) Reach Pointe des Renards and walk around it (beautiful views over the harbour and Pointe de Kermorvan with its lighthouse). Look out for the Brest-Le Conquet Radio maritime station on the right, which closed in 2000.
TheGR®® continues along the Corniche de Beg ar Louarn (Pointe des Renards), which overlooks Portez Beach.
Look out for a small garden on the left with two benches – an ideal spot for a break. Continue along the Corniche de Sainte-Barbe, dominated by a large restaurant currently undergoing renovation.
(5) Leave the road leading down to the jetty on your left and head up Rue Sainte-Barbe. At the top, turn left towards the Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Chapel and its little garden.
(6) Walk down Rue Dom Michel to reach the maritime co-operative, which offers a lovely view of Le Conquet harbour. Follow the promenade down to the harbour, home to the ferry terminal for Ouessant and Molène, as well as a bustling shellfish fishing port.
Walk the length of the harbour towards the east, noting two houses with external staircases: the Maison des Seigneurs overlooking the ria and a few old houses, known as ‘English’ houses, dating from the 15th and 16th centuries.
(7) Continue along the ria to the footbridge, where you leave theGR®®34.
Yellow markings
Go round the leisure centre on the right and walk behind it.
(8) Take a small, narrow path on the right which leads up towards the D789; follow this to the left until you reach the next junction.
(9) Cross at the pedestrian crossing and, just opposite a Renault garage, turn right, then follow the Venelle de Streat Hir on the left and turn left into Rue de Pen Ar Streat, which joins a road.
(10) Cross this road towards the sports complex (Impasse Kennedy) and continue along a small alleyway. Then follow the small south-facing road to the right. It passes through a residential area and leads to the village of Lochrist. Walk alongside the cemetery, cross it to see St Michael’s Chapel, the Gothic-style monument in memory of Le Gonidec, a leading scholar of Celtic studies, and the Tessier family mausoleum. In 1830, the latter established the first factory to produce iodine from seaweed. On leaving, head to the car park 50 metres further down (S/E).
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