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Park in the large car park near Combrit Town Hall. It is next to an area designated for motorhomes.
(S/E) Leaving the car park, follow the street to the left, turn left at the three-way junction and take a grassy path on the left (barrier at the entrance). This leads to a large esplanade behind the church. Enter through a gate to cross it. Note the imposing war memorial. Go around the Church of Saint-Tugdual. Its bell tower, demolished in 1675 during the Bonnet Revolt, was rebuilt in 1774 with the authorisation of King Louis XVI, but was probably more modest than the original Gothic spire.
Continue along Rue du Général De Gaulle, past the town hall and the post office. After the roundabout, keep left into Allée du Stang (signposted Bois de Roscouré). At a place called Le Stang, leave Betty's Farm on your right.
YellowPR® markings (not very visible)
(1) Go through a gate and follow the wide stone-paved path that leads to the old car park shown on the map (please note that this is no longer in use). Walk slowly along the edge of the woods. On the left, you will see a sign for the modest Fontaine de Touligon fountain, somewhat hidden by vegetation a few metres from the central path.
(2) Cross the old car park where logs are usually stored, turn right at the end, then right again and you will come to a small wall (on the left, visible on a bend in the Odet).
(3) Keep to the right to take the path uphill authorised for horse riders (blue arrow) and follow this path which goes a little further into the woods. At each fork you come to, always take the right-hand branch. The conifers give way to deciduous trees. Continue back towards the edge of the woods. A few rare signposts confirm that you are on the right track.
You will reach a steep descent with a fence on your right and arrive at a bridge at the edge of a river bend.
(4) After the bridge, begin a steep climb on the path, which is still open to horse riders, keeping the fence on your right. Continue along the same path, which gradually turns towards the Pont de Cornouaille bridge. At the intersection (with a view of the Odet river), turn right and head towards the barrier marking the entrance to the Bois de Roscouré woods.
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(5) After the barrier, turn left to descend towards a car park, pass under the bridge just before the penultimate pillar (graffiti at the base) and climb back up to the right along the path that leads to another car park. Look for a mountain bike signpost.
(6) Opposite a tree with a large fork, one of whose branches penetrates the fork of another tree, look for the path opposite. Turn left onto this discreet path which enters the woods. Follow this south-facing single track, which joins another path along the banks of the Odet, and descend to the shore (view of the mouth of the Odet, Bénodet on the left bank and Saint-Marine on the right bank).
(7) Set off again along the riverbank towards the bridge, pass underneath it at the car park and arrive at an intersection.
(8) Follow the path on the right along the river. This section of the route is more difficult: it is a narrow path between pine trees with many roots and stones, but it offers beautiful views of the Odet. Join a wider path and follow it to the bridge you came across on the way there.
White and red or yellow and red + yellowPR® markings (not very common)
(4) Turn right and follow the wide path along the right bank of the Odet. Go around a large grassy area and you will come to a junction.
(9) Turn right and continue along the riverbank, ignoring all the paths leading off to the left. You will arrive opposite Anse de Combrit, where the path turns left. Keep close to the edge of the cove and you will arrive at the dyke at the end of the cove.
(10) Cross this dyke and turn right to continue along the other side of the cove. The path will turn left to follow a new cove, Reluet.
(11) At the fork, keep to the right, cross the footbridge and follow the small path lined with a stream on the left. Look out for the Roscouré wash house on the left. Go up the street and turn left at the top to return to the car park (S/E).
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