Park at the Sangatte car park
(S/E) Cross the road and head left (with your back to the car park).
(1) Take the small path on the right which turns left. Follow the path along the coast to Cap Blanc-Nez. It’s straight on all the way! Walk past an area of blockhouses and join a road.
(2) Head towards the car park, cross it to reach a main road (D940). Cross it carefully and continue straight on up the road. You’ll come to a former panoramic restaurant.
(3) From there, take the path that descends into the pastures.
There’s no chance of getting lost: the path is clearly marked and there are small gates to open, which tell you you’re on the right track. Continue to the Escalles car park.
(4) Head left onto a small path marked out on a grassy hillock. Continue straight on until you reach the start of a path on the left. The path is wide, so very easy to spot. You’ll come out onto the D243, which you follow for about ten metres.
(5) Turn left onto a path that climbs, pass an old mill on the right and continue to a crossroads.
(6) Editor’s note: reports indicate that the route is no longer passable between points 7 and 8. An alternative is to take theGR®-GRP® paths to the left here, which lead directly back to the starting junction.
Turn right and continue straight on until you reach a path branching off to the left. The entrance to this path is marked by small wooden posts.
(7) Continue along this same path, which goes round Fond Pignon, an artificial lake created during the construction of the Channel Tunnel. You will reach a pumping station.
(6) Pass this and continue on the D940 to the right.
(1) Head to the Sangatte car park (S/E).
Route impassable (7), see reviews and route description at (6)
