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Access: At Pont-l'Abbé, take the D2 towards Loctudy. On leaving the town, turn left at the sign for ‘Centre Hippique de Rosquerno’. The car park is located at the end of the road on the right.
(S/E) Exit via the back of the car park (sign for ‘Site Naturel Protégé Rosquerno’). Ride along the left-hand side of a meadow where horses regularly graze. In the woods, take the first path on the left and continue to a crossroads.
Carry straight on until you reach a signpost, where you turn right.
GR® 34: White and Red +PR®® Yellow
The path through the woods follows the Pont-L’Abbé river, in which we will see several small islands such as Île Chevalier.
(1) Go round the Menhir Mouillé de Penglaouic on the right and leave a path along the riverbank on your left to reach a footbridge further on at the end of a small cove. Continue along the path that runs alongside the river (the GR® route has been altered).
Go round a house, cross a footbridge and continue along the river. You’ll reach the bridge leading to Queffen Island (private) and continue along this road until the bend
(2) At the end of the road (sign indicating a change in the path), turn right to return to the riverbank (view of Queffen Island and its access bridge on the left, Garo Island on the right and, between the two on the opposite bank, Tudy Island). Follow the path as it turns right and cross a stream via a bridge formed by a long flat stone.
Continue to the left and arrive at the fully restored former Dourdy tide mill.
(3) Follow the path along the riverbank, which goes round the Domaine du Dourdy, a former holiday village (view of the château on the right), and reach the access bridge to Île Garo (private island; access on foot to the shore at the end of the bridge).
Turn right and continue past the former holiday village.
At the entrance to Château du Dourdy, continue straight ahead.
Yellow markings
(4) Turn left into this property, which is open to the public, to complete a short circular path. Turn right at the end of the long wall and follow this path, which leads out opposite Loctudy marina. Return to the crossroads via a long, tree-lined avenue.
GR® 34: White and Red +PR®® Yellow
(4) Turn left and cross the newly built bridge over Pen an Veur cove (former tide mill).
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(5) At the sign for ‘Allée Blanche’ (private road open to pedestrians), turn right and follow this tree-lined lane which leads onto the D2 opposite the Croaziou Chapel. Cross the road and walk round the chapel to see the calvary.
(6) Opposite the chapel porch, take a path below the roundabout. Follow this small road, past ‘Actual Jardin’ (landscapers) and then an old waste disposal site closed off by a gate. This road (dead-end sign) turns right and leads to Kergaladec Farm.
YellowPR®® markings (relatively inconspicuous)
(7) Continue along this wide farm track for about 2 km, heading north-west (view of Kérazan Manor on the right). At times the track narrows and becomes a sunken lane, before widening again and crossing a wooded area.
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(8) Cross with extreme caution – there is no protected crossing – and follow the tarmac cycle and footpath to the right towards a roundabout. Go round the roundabout on the left and continue along the cycle path towards Loctudy, skirting a wood until you reach a ruined house (alternative route in practical information).
(9) Enter the woodland, turn right onto the first path, pass by a protective cage on a former discus and hammer throw training ground (former sports ground) and arrive at the car park of the former Pays Bigouden eco-museum (closed).
Leaving the car park, turn right and join the small road Chemin de Rosquerno, which you follow to the left to reach the car park again after about 300m (S/E).
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