The mills of Léon

This route largely follows the ‘Mills’ route (No. 14) from the ‘Le Pays du Léon à pied’ guidebook, but in the opposite direction. As a local resident, I often walk this route and it is well signposted. Two problematic sections, which run too close to the road, are currently being reviewed.

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Date of your route : Mar 19, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Very busy route : No

Very disappointing! I have two complaints about this route:
1-the name suggests that you’ll see windmills. In reality, up to point no. 7, you only come across two, and after that there are nothing but smelly pigsties (as well as fields of cabbages);
2-the signposting on the ground is the opposite of the description on the website. Fortunately, I’m an orienteer and know how to read a 1:25,000 map!
So my interest in this walk is very limited: it has neither cultural/architectural nor aesthetic appeal. This disappointment is not offset by the physical exercise provided by the walk, nor by the birdsong, which is very loud at this time of year.
Dominique, apprentice Visorandonneur

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Date of your route : Feb 02, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route is easy to follow using the GPS app, but otherwise a bit tricky. The paths are very well maintained. There’s a bit of road walking, but very little traffic. I enjoyed it.

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Date of your route : Jun 01, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An easy and very pleasant walk that takes about three hours.
The elevation gain is closer to 90 metres than 75.

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Date of your route : Sep 04, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk. The paths are well-maintained.
It’s a shame there aren’t any information boards about the mills.

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Date of your route : Jun 05, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

There were eight of us on this walk, and only one person thought it was nice. There’s not much to it—just walking through fields that smell of pig manure. No spectacular views, and we spent half the time walking along roads... plus farms with aggressive dogs... you’ve got to be into that sort of thing 😬.

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Date of your route : Feb 25, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

A walk in the countryside, fields stretching as far as the eye can see, pretty windmills – but thank goodness I had my phone with me; using the location and map features on the Visorando app, I was able to find my way around. The description was far too vague for me; I would certainly have got lost, and I realised this on several occasions. As for the walking time, I think 2 to 2½ hours is more than enough.

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Date of your route : Jul 02, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely route.
However,
it is very poorly signposted; in fact, very little of the existing signage remains.

The route runs in the opposite direction to the existing ‘markings’.
If you just want to follow the map, the advice is to do it anti-clockwise.

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