Parking and starting point at the post office car park, Rue de l’Oiseau Bleu.
(S/E) Set off to the left, walk past the post office and cross the road at the second pedestrian crossing. Then head straight ahead onto Sente de la Messe, climb the steps to the T-junction with Chemin de la Messe.
(1) Turn left and then immediately right. Walk to the wall of the house and turn left onto the path leading into the forest, Chemin des Barreaux Bleus. Follow this path to the top of the slope and turn right. Continue along this path to the forest gate, Route des Communaux.
(2) Turn left, then take the first path on the right. At the T-junction, Route de Beauquesnay, turn right and head downhill to the ‘give way’ sign at the junction with the D64.
(3) Cross the road, head right, and immediately take the path on the left. Follow this path, passing a wood waste collection point on your left, and turn right at the sharp bend. Continue straight on until you reach a tarmac road, the Route Forestière de Caudebecquet.
(4) Turn left and take the first path on the right. Walk 80 m, veer left and continue to the star junction. Take the first path on the right, walk 700 m to reach a picnic table
(5) Turn right, with the picnic table on your left. At the T-junction, take the path on the left and, a few metres further on, at the next junction, turn right. Follow the path to the next junction and turn onto the path on the right to join the Chemin Forestier du Val Agot.
(6) Continue along the path straight ahead and turn right at the T-junction further down. Continue for about 1 km until you reach a junction on your left. Turn sharply left, then left again a few metres further on, and head down this fairly wide track to the D982, Route du Trait. Cross the D982, taking great care with the traffic, head right and immediately take the small road on the left until you reach the junction with the cycle path.
(7) Turn right and follow the cycle path to the end. Turn right to rejoin the D982 and cross it with great care. Turn left and take the first road branching off to the right towards Saint-Wandrille Rançon.
(8) Turn right and, at the first pedestrian crossing, cross the road and enter the car park opposite. Go through the gate at the end of the car park and turn left. Follow the path, passing two gates with wooden barriers, to reach the abbey on Rue Saint-Jacques.
(9) Turn right, then right again at the crossroads by the church, and return to the starting point (S/E).
