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Park in the Moulins car park at the top of Mont des Alouettes, which overlooks the town of Les Herbiers in Vendée, on the edge of the D160.
(S/E) Pass by a restaurant and follow theGRP® Sèvre et Maine trail into the forest. Continue to a four-way crossroads.
(1) Keep right on theGRP® until you reach the ruins of La Maha. Leave theGRP® by turning right to make a bend in the forest that leads to a small stream. Follow it along a very pleasant path. Further on, rejoin the GRP®.
(2) Follow it again to reach the end of a pond.
Turn left and climb up to La Méancière via a small, fairly steep path that runs alongside a road.
(3) Cross a small road, go left for a few metres and at a cross, follow theGRP® whichdescends to the right to the motocross track junction, giving access to the small village of Le Pruneau.
(4) Keep to the right on theGRP®, and you will reach the village of Pruneau, which overlooks the valley and offers a beautiful view.
(5) In the village, leave theGRP®, follow the road to the left, then take a grassy path uphill and continue along the winding streets of the village. At the junction with Rue du Moulin, continue eastwards.
(6) At the exit, turn left and take a small, quiet road to return to the motocross track.
(4) Turn right onto theGRP® in the opposite direction, climbing uphill to return to the crossroads you passed earlier.
(3) Cross the road again, go left then right and take a small, very narrow and fairly steep path downhill on the right to return to the forest at the first crossroads.
(1) Turn right to enter the forest, keeping to the right at each fork in the path, which will keep you on the edge of the forest and take you back to the Moulins car park (S/E).
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