Parking and starting point: the car park at the Thuit-Simer village hall.
(S/E) Leave the car park, turn right onto Rue du Général de Gaulle and continue to the T-junction.
(1) First turn right then left onto Rue Bosguerard de Marcouville. Turn left onto the first path at the bridge, turn left again 200 m further on and join a road.
(2) Follow Rue Charles Nicolle to the left and continue to the T-junction. Turn right onto Rue des Canadiens, turn left onto the first path and join the road, Rue du Tilleul.
(3) Continue straight ahead along Rue de l’Église Saint-Ouen. Pass the church, the rear of the château and the riding school. Just after the riding school, take the first path on the left, Sentier du Château, which runs alongside houses on the right and the riding school on the left (be careful, it’s quite narrow). At the end, at the T-junction, turn left onto Chemin du Parc (tarmac), ignore Chemin des Bargues on your right and continue to the castle entrance on your left.
(4) Take the path on the right, directly opposite the castle entrance, and join the D 629 road. Turn right onto the Route de Thuit-Signol, go straight on towards Saint-Pierre-de-Bosguérard until the first junction after the village entrance sign.
(5) At the junction, with a speed bump in the middle of the road, turn onto the path on the left. In the middle of the field, take the first path on the right and follow it to Rue des Sorbiers. At the end, at the T-junction, turn right onto Rue Marie Vaudemont for 20 m.
(6) Turn left onto Rue Jean De La Fontaine, which curves to the right. Go to the end of the dead-end street and continue along the path on the left that runs between the houses. At the end of the path, continue straight ahead.
(7) After the church, turn left onto Rue Marcel Leclerc. Pass the town hall and head towards the X-junction with the ‘Give Way’ sign at the end of the village.
(8) Cross the road (watch out for traffic), continue straight ahead to take Chemin Auvray Ballicorne (tarmac) and follow the yellow markings to Le Fitz. Continue straight on along Chemin du Heuzé (tarmac) then head towards the sewage treatment plant via Chemin de la Mésangère (tarmac). Once at the plant, turn right, follow the path with the plant on your right and a wood on your left. Continue to the D 80, cross it (watch out for traffic) and continue along the small path directly opposite until you reach a road.
(9) Continue straight ahead along this road until you reach the original T-junction.
(1) Turn left, ignore the road on the right and continue along Chemin du Clos Courtois.
(10) Continue straight ahead along the grassy path, passing two private tracks on your left, until you reach Chemin des Joncs Marins (tarmac).
(1) At the road, turn left onto Grande Rue and head towards the church.
(12) Retrace your steps.
(11) Continue along the road to the left to reach the village of Bosnormand. Pass the town hall on your left and continue to the wayside cross at the T-junction on the outskirts of the village.
(13) Continue straight on along Rue de la Capelle. At the end, in the right-hand bend, turn into the street on the left, which is still Rue de la Capelle, and continue for 400 m.
(14) Turn right onto the first track and, at the T-junction, turn right to rejoin the road.
(15) First turn right then left, join Chemin des Fosseaux and continue straight ahead along the grassy track across the fields. At the road, turn right onto Rue du Général de Gaulle and return to the starting point (S/E).