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Park at Luçay-le-Mâle Town Hall.
(S/E) With your back to the town hall, follow the yellow markings opposite, walking to the left of the fire station and taking a path down to a footbridge over the Ruisseau du Mondon. Walk straight up for 300 m.
(1) Turn left onto the grassy track and continue straight on into Chaud Buisson, following the yellow-and-red markings ofthe ValençayGRP®®, which also form part of the Benjamin Rabier trail. At the road junction, turn right onto an uphill track. Continue straight on at the next two junctions.
(2) Carefully follow the D960 to the right towards a level crossing with the Bas-Berry tourist train line. Turn left onto a service track to run alongside the line for 500 m, then cross it (information board for the Benjamin Rabier trail). Continue to the Étang de la Foulquetière.
(3) At the end of the track, head slightly to the left, towards the south-west, along the access road to the leisure centre (hiking sign). Turn right onto the path running alongside the pond (blue markings). Carry on straight ahead along a small road for 150 metres, then onto a farm track. Turn left onto a grassy path and carry on straight ahead along the edge of the forest.
(4) Enter the woods (blue and yellow-red markings), then turn sharply right onto a white gravel track and join a small road, following it straight on for 100 m. Then turn right onto a small forest track. Continue straight on towards the north-east through the woodland.
(5) At the Ferme de Luçay, take the gravel track opposite until you reach the D960 and continue straight on along a small road. At a right-angle bend, leave the road and continue straight ahead along a farm track (GRP®® yellow-red markings).
(6) Leave theGRP®® by turning right onto the grassy track leading to La Rometière. Turn left to cross the hamlet, then follow the small access road to the right as far as the hamlet of La Tuilerie. Ignore the track on the right and continue for 200 metres, then turn right towards Bois Herpin.
(7) Pass the farm and continue along the grassy path heading north-east, then east. Carry straight on along the small access road to La Lucettière. Continue for 100 m, then turn right down a farm track. After a bend, rejoin theGRP®® Benjamin Rabier trail and the yellow markings; follow these straight on, then head back up to the small road, which you should follow to the right.
(8) Pass through the hamlet of Charnay, then cross the railway line to reach the silos and the small station at Luçay-le-Mâle (sign for the Benjamin Rabier trail).
(9) Ignore the yellow markings ahead, which run past the foot of the old Forge dairy, and turn right (yellow-redGRP®® markings). Cross the bridge over the Mondon and turn left into Rue des Forges. Once behind a factory, turn left then right onto Rue des Falaises (D33).
(10) Cross the D960 with care and take Rue Henri de Rochefort opposite. At the wash house, carry on straight ahead.
(11) Follow theGRP®® markings to the left, heading uphill to the castle (gate). Head back down at the junction to rejoin Rue Henri de Rochefort opposite (yellow markings) and cross a bridge.
At the next junction, turn left and head up a farm track.
(12) Turn right onto a grassy track, running alongside gardens, then join Rue du Puits Chenu and follow it to the right. Then turn left and carry on straight ahead to the church.
(13) Turn left onto the D960 and follow it to the Town Hall (S/E).
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