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Coming from Saint-M'Hervé, follow the signs for the lake and park in the car park at the leisure centre (La Ville Cuite).
(S/E) Walk down the car park and head straight ahead along a wooded path. Follow it until you come out onto a road.
(1) Turn left to cross the dam using the protected passage between the crash barrier and the guardrail. Continue for a few dozen metres alongside the road.
(2) Cross over and take the protected path on the left which runs alongside the road. Continue until you reach the road again.
(3) Cross the road and the car park and take the path on the left. Note the sign explaining the various walking routes and their respective routes.
Follow the path which runs alongside the lake, alternating between groves and meadows. Ignore a path branching off to the right, then to the left as you approach the footbridge.
(4) For the short walk, see the practical information below.
Continue straight ahead and follow the bends in the path, which soon returns to the lakeside. At the end of the path, turn right onto the road and walk for about a hundred metres.
(5) Turn left onto the path which, as it descends, leads back to the water’s edge. (Although not shown on IGN maps, this marked path leads to the main road).
Walk along the road on the left (path protection) and continue as close as possible to the lake.
Head northwards to cross the hamlet of La Clairie.
(6) Turn left and join the D24 road. Follow it, keeping to the left-hand side. Cross the northern end of the lake by following the road to the car park on the left.
(7) Turn left onto the path running along the lake but on the opposite bank. Follow this path and continue straight ahead, passing through a vehicle barrier. Climb up until you reach a wide path running perpendicular to it.
(8) Turn left to go downhill, reach the lakeside and continue along the shore.
(9) Pass the footbridge on your left and continue to the right. The path curves sharply to the right and joins a road.
(10) Follow it to the left and, after 200 m, take the path on the left which quickly returns to the lakeside.
At the end of the path, follow the road to the left, which soon becomes a track again. Go round the cove, following the path northwards, then at the first junction, turn left to head back down towards the south.
Continue on to reach the Leisure Park and the water sports centre, as well as the car park where you started (S/E).
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