Country:
City:
Start from the centre of the village of Delincourt. Park in the spacious car park accessible via a stony track that starts opposite the school (signposted).
No signposting
(S/E) Follow the short access track to the car park in the opposite direction to return to the village centre. Turn right and walk round the church via the Enclos Jacques Seïté. With your back to the church entrance, head right (north), noting a washhouse on your right.
Yellow signposting
At the junction immediately after, turn right onto Rue du Mesnil. Ignore the dead-end roads on the left and walk alongside a stream on your right. At a bend to the left, move away from the stream and finish crossing the hamlet. At number 528, ignore a path branching off to the right; the tarmac then gives way to a track.
(1) At the fork in the road that appears immediately, turn right onto a path that runs on level ground between the fields. After a section where the path is quite overgrown, enter a wood and climb steeply. Further on, continue through the wood along a good, fairly level path.
(2) Leave the woodland and you’ll immediately notice the small menhir known as the ‘Pierre Droite’ on your left. Carry on between the fields until you come out onto a small road (no signposting here).
(3) Turn sharply left and follow the small road. After about 250m, at a fork in the road, take a farm track to the left. After about 300m (at elevation 135), let the track veer to the right and turn left onto a grassy path heading towards a wood (no signpost here). Walk alongside the wood on your left (where you’ll find a signpost) then walk alongside another wood on your right.
(4) At the edge of the woodland, ignore a path coming from the right and continue westwards between the fields (view of Delincourt on the left). At a junction with a small tarmac road coming from the left, carry on straight ahead (no signpost here).
(5) At the next junction, turn right and cross a short stretch of woodland. Stay on the main path, heading north then north-east, alternating between sections along the edge of the woodland and sections through the woodland itself. After a ‘private property’ gate on the left-hand side, ignore a path branching off to the right and walk alongside a golf course on your right. Then head straight down into the woodland and ignore a few tracks off to the sides.
N.B. Between points (6) and (10), the path taken, which remains signposted, does not appear on the IGN base map. The route shown is for guidance only.
(6) At the junction at the bottom of the descent (with a railway bridge opposite), turn left towards the dolmen (signposted but no markers here; the old electricity poles lying across the path are intended only for vehicles). Start by going downhill, then continue on roughly level ground through the woods. Ignore a very overgrown path on the left.
(7) At the next junction, turn left onto a grassy path towards the dolmen (sign). Climb gently and discover the imposing dolmen in the undergrowth.
(8) Retrace your steps.
(7) Back at the junction, turn left and continue through the woods. The grassy path initially turns into a gravel track. Descend steeply and head towards the railway line. Walk alongside a fence on your left, turn left with the path and begin a steep climb.
(9) Halfway up the slope, let the steep path continue straight ahead and turn right to head downhill again (the map is inaccurate here). Then continue on level ground. As you emerge from the woods, turn left and take a track that runs alongside a road construction site below on the right. You’ll reach a junction with a small road.
(10) At the junction (the road opposite is not shown on the map), follow a small road to the left. Climb steeply, taking two bends, and pass a reservoir on the left-hand side. At the top of the hill (horse pastures), continue south-south-east between the fields along the Chemin des Groux.
(11) Cross the Sente de la Grosse Haie and pass another reservoir on your left. Walk along the edge of the woodland, go downhill and enter the woodland. Then continue downhill between the fields. The path gives way to a tarmac road; walk past the Chambors cemetery on your left.
(12) Continue down gently into the village. At the crossroads, take Rue des Sources straight ahead (with a beautiful gate at No. 12). At the end of the street, pass a cross on your right and turn left onto Rue Bertinot-Juel. At the end, walk round the small church at Chambors on the left and follow Rue du Blouet. Walk gently uphill and, at the next junction (an old spring on the right), turn right towards a cross.
(13) At the fork in the road (central cross), take the left-hand street, which continues to climb gently. After the last houses, the tarmac gives way to a track. Note the map of another walk on the right-hand side and continue climbing gently between the fields (lovely view on the right). Enter a wood and walk between two private property fences.
(14) Turn onto the first path on the right, still between two fences (on the same beech trunk, you’ll find a bar, a triangle and a Yellow Cross: follow the bar, which points in the right direction). After walking alongside a large field on your left, you’ll reach a Y-junction (calvary).
(15) Then veer right and head downhill, with Delincourt Church clearly in view. You’ll come out onto a small road; follow it to the right, continuing downhill. At the next junction (cross), veer left
No signposting
Cross Rue du Mesnil on your left – the road you took on the way out – and continue straight on to Delincourt school. Then follow the stony track to the right leading to the car park (S/E).
Visorando Member
Easy 
