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In Vernou-sur-Brenne, leave your car in the village, in the Saint-Vincent car park, not far from the church.
This route is not signposted as such.
(S/E) The car park is on the edge of a grassy dyke. Climb onto the dyke and turn left. Continue along the dyke until you reach the road.
(1) Turn right, cross the Brenne, cross the D46 and continue straight ahead for a few metres, then turn right. Pass a road on your left.
(2) Turn left at the next intersection. This small road turns into a path and leads to another road. Turn left. You will end up in front of a water tower. Continue along the road on the left, which descends further on.
(3) 50 m before a group of houses, find theGR®®655Ouest(white and red markings) to follow on the right. Stay on thisGR®® until otherwise indicated. Continue straight ahead to the hamlet of Peu Morier. Take the road on the right and continue on the road when it turns left.
(4) Shortly afterwards, turn right onto the dirt track. Continue straight ahead through the vineyards, passing two intersections. At the third intersection, the vineyards give way to fields. Continue straight ahead, leaving a path leading to a house on your right and two other paths on your left. You will come out onto a road.
(5) Continue on the road opposite, through vineyards and fields, straight ahead, until you reach the hamlet of Le Fougeray.
(6) Turn onto the path on the left after the first houses. Continue straight ahead until you enter a small wood. The path descends and leads to a road.
(7) Take the road opposite. At the intersection, turn right and continue along the road, which further on turns left, passes in front of the entrance to the Château de Jallanges and then turns right.
(8) At the three-way junction, before the hamlet of Cassereau, turn right and then, further on, when the path becomes tarmac, take another path on the left. Continue straight ahead to enter the undergrowth. The path descends and veers left then right towards the Cousse valley.
(9) After the first house in the hamlet of La Bataillerie, turn left to rejoin the road. Turn right, continue straight ahead to the crossroads, then straight ahead to the ford where you cross the Cousse on a wooden footbridge.
(10) At the next intersection, turn left, then climb the winding path to the right and immediately to the left. You will arrive back at the top of the hill, surrounded by vineyards. Pass three paths on your left and continue straight ahead until the path becomes paved.
(11) Turn right and continue along the ridge before descending towards Château Gaillard.
(12) Turn right, ignore the road that climbs to the left and then, at the next intersection, turn right. At the next fork, take the path on the left. You will arrive at the hamlet of Launay, where the path becomes tarmac and leads to the D46 road.
(13) Take the small road opposite to Moulin de Bacchus. Go around this property on the right and cross the Brenne river via a small bridge.
(14) Shortly afterwards, leave theGR®®655and take a wide path on the left. Cross the Grande Prairie to reach the edge of the Étang de Chancay. Walk along the lake and continue to the road on the right.
(15) Turn right again at the next intersection. Walk along the other side of the pond and the picnic area. Continue along this road and pass under the LGV bridge. At the next intersection, continue straight ahead, then cross the hamlets of Les Coutières and Charmigny, continuing straight ahead. Further on, cross theGR®® at a crossroads.
(16) Continue straight ahead, leaving the Vau valley on your left, and pass through the hamlets of La Robinière and La Buvinière, thus approaching La Brenne.
(17) Shortly after this last hamlet, take the cycle path on the left of the road towards Vernou. Join the road further on, entering Vernou.
(18) At the intersection, turn left and, after a few metres, climb up to the right onto the dyke and continue to the car park near the church (S/E).
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