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Park in the car park in front of the Collège de la Châtaigneraie. Walk to the start via the Route du Corps Franc Pommier
(S/E) Start at the Gros Chêne via Rue du Faubourg Talus. Head to the junction with Boulevard des Résistants Fusillés.
(1) Cross the Roman ramparts opposite via Rue Cocand.
Continue straight on via Rue aux Maréchaux then Rue Piolin.
(2) Turn right onto Rue Lauchien le Boucher.
After the bend on the left, take Rue Courte, which joins Rue Gaston Joliet; turn right here.
(3) Continue along the small path that runs alongside the cemetery. Cross the first street, Rue de la Maladrerie, and join Chemin des Ragots. Turn left onto it until you reach the iron gate on the left. A few metres further on, take the path that crosses the ditch and the embankment. Take the lane on the left.
(4) At the end of the lane, take the path on the right, follow it through the woods and, after a fairly steep climb, you will reach the Gorges de Brisecou forest track.
(5) Turn left onto this forest road. At the end of the circular hairpin bend, you’ll reach a crossroads.
(6) Take the path on the right, which climbs slightly.
(7) Just above the water intake, turn left (follow the mountain bike signs) onto the Chemin des Sources, which follows the contour line to reach a hairpin bend at the Ruisseau de Bonneau.
(8) Cross the stream. Continue for 850m along this almost level path, and at the crossroads join the Route Forestière des Chômeurs via a short climb (follow the MTB signs).
(9) Turn right onto it. Cross the Route Sommière du Concasseur (elevation 538m). Leave it to your left and continue along the RF. After several bends, you’ll reach the tarmac Route Forestière du Pont de Fer.
(10) Leave these tracks and take the path on the right. You will very quickly reach the path shared bythe GR®® 131 and 137. Turn left onto it and follow the red and white markings until you reach the Étang des Cloix.
(11) Leave theGR®® here, head straight ahead and immediately turn onto the path on the right (elevation 558). Cross the Bois des Gaudoirs. At the next multi-way junction (elevation 616), take thesecond path on the right. You will reach a junction near the Montmain farm.
(12) Take the path on the left into the Chemin des Chèvres and begin the descent. Reach a left-hand bend and walk past the Maison des Chèvres. Continue down the slope until you reach the D256.
(13) Turn left to join theGR®®131. Continue along Rue Victor Terret, which you’ll find on the left, until you reach the junction with the street leading to the Tour des Ursulines.
(14) Turn left onto Boulevard Mac Mahon, which runs alongside the Roman ramparts, passing in front of the Tour des Ursulines. Follow Chemin du Petit Rivault to reach the junction you passed on the way out.
(1) Turn left onto Rue du Faubourg Talus, which takes you back to the car park in front of the Collège de la Châtaigneraie (S/E).
Association / Club / Walk leader
Very difficult 
Visorando Member
Easy 
