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Starting point: Pré Grasseur leisure area.
(S/E) With your back to the pond, take Rue du Pré Grasseur straight ahead. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead, alongside the sports ground.
(1) Turn right onto Chemin du Douanier Rousseau, a small country lane in the heart of a future residential area. At the crossroads, take the hairpin bend to the left onto Rue de Kergestin. As you leave the hamlet, continue along a path.
(2) At the crossroads, continue straight ahead. Pass through Petit Quelo, Quelo and then Kerrou. You will come out onto a small road.
(3) Follow the road to the left for about 350m.
(4) At a bend to the right, take the small road on the left. When this turns right, leave it and continue straight on along a path. Walk alongside the Bois de l’Épine for about 1500m.
(5) Continue south-southeast along the edge of the woods to the Cour aux Loups.
(6) Cross the road, continue straight on for 200m and take the path on the left which crosses the woods. Ignore the side paths until you reach La Gassun.
(7) Cross the D774 then the Littoral orchards (private land) following the red and white markings ofthe GR®39. Leave the orchards by taking the path that runs alongside the pond.
(8) Once you have descended the embankment steps, follow an old Roman road. Turn left before the hamlet of La Baronnerie.
(9) About 400m further on, turn left again. You will then be walking through the area where much of the clay used for pottery was once extracted. Pass through the pretty village of Trévelec, set in lush greenery. At the T-junction, turn left and you will immediately come out onto the D47.
(10) Cross the D47 and follow the cycle route (the path with the pink surface) to the foot of the Longle lagoons.
(11) Turn left before the Govelin stream and follow it for 400m. Take the footbridge and go round the sewage treatment plant and the Municipal Technical Centre on the right.
(12) At the community gardens, take the path on the left. At the end, turn right onto Rue de la Grée du Rocher. Turn left to follow and then cross the D47 again, taking the small path next to the last workshop in the Pré Govelin area. Walk down Rue des Cambelles, turn left onto Rue du Pré Govelin, then right onto the path leading to the D774.
(13) Cross the main road and head back towards the village of Herbignac via Rue du Pont de Men. This street is accessible to pedestrians via the landscaped area marking its southern entrance.
(14) Turn left twice and follow Chemin du Clos du Poivre. This path, lined with tall trees and other communal gardens, will take you back to the starting point after skirting the pond (S/E).
This route was mapped out by the Les Galocheux association with the support of Herbignac Town Hall.
a very pleasant walk through woodland with plenty of paths through the woods
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Easy 
