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Head to the Sansonnière Town Hall and park in the large car park.
Green signposting
(S/E) With your back to the information board, set off straight ahead onto the road. Walk past the hotel and turn into the first path on the right. Stay on this clear path until you reach the crossroads near the Moulin de la Lussière.
(1) Turn right onto the tarmac road and walk partly through the hamlet of La Lussière and its cave dwellings. Turn left at the corner of No. 26 to admire some abandoned underground shelters on your left. The path turns right in front of No. 28 and continues to the left, descending slightly between low stone walls.
Join the Chemin des Doigts and follow it to the right as far as the crossroads. Turn right onto the Chemin des Elfes and, 20 metres further on, turn left onto the Chemin du Dolmen.
Further on, pass a path that heads into the woods on the left, then another one shortly afterwards. The path becomes unpaved after No. 4, crosses a copse and reaches a picnic area with the Dolmen de la Bajoulière on the left.
(2) Return to the path and follow it to the left for a few metres. At the junction, turn right and, about 100 metres further on, the path suddenly changes colour from ochre to grey before reaching a junction.
(3) Turn left into the forest, then along the edge of the woodland, and reach a junction.
(4) Carry on straight ahead and look out for the Pierre de Nézan on your left. Continue for a few metres and turn right. Follow this path, ignoring the other faint tracks, until you reach the D356. Cross the road and take the path opposite to reach Cumeray.
(5) Turn right onto the tarmac road, cross the D356 again and continue straight ahead along the path.
(6) When you reach a tarmac road, turn left, cross the D751 and head straight on up the path opposite. At the first junction, turn right at a right angle; do not take the path that branches off furthest to the right (not marked on the map).
Shortly afterwards, on your right, you’ll find a small ochre quarry. Continue along the main track, passing small tracks on either side (likely mountain bike or motocross routes, as they aren’t marked on the map).
The path then becomes a narrow grassy track. Turn right onto a path and join a tarmac road. Turn left and head towards a mission cross.
(7) Leave the signposted route for a moment to make a return trip to the Priory of Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies.
(8) Return to the junction at the Mission Cross.
(7) Continue along the path that branches off to the left. At the end of the field, turn left despite a Green Cross and carry on between the cultivated fields. Carry on straight ahead at the next junction and rejoin the signposted route. 300 metres further on, turn right then left to reach a tarmac road.
(9) Cross the road and carry on straight ahead, ignoring a path on the right and the next one on the left. The path curves to the right, runs alongside a wood and joins a crossroads.
(10) Turn right onto the correct path and, 200 metres further on, leave it to turn right. At the next junction, carry on straight ahead. Ignore the next path on the left and, after a right-hand bend, rejoin the tarmac road. Turn left to quickly reach a star-shaped junction.
(11) Carry on straight ahead along the road, then leave it after 20 metres to follow the path that branches off to the left alongside a house. Further on, it turns into a sunken track which is likely to be very muddy in wet weather.
Back in the fields, you can see the aerial section of the Hélice Terrestre on the left. Continue along the track until you reach a tarmac road.
(12) Turn right onto the road, then leave it after 100 metres to turn left onto a path through the fields. At the end of the path, turn right, then left at the houses at La Bastière.
At the next junction, turn right to quickly reach the D751. Cross it (take care) and follow it to the left for 30 metres; ignore the green signposting for a moment and do not continue straight on along the road signposted ‘moulin’.
(13) Turn right onto the small road and look out for the beautiful Gaigné washhouse on your left. Continue towards the hamlet, take a left-hand bend and turn right onto the first path. After 400 metres, turn right and head back up towards the houses; after a few steps, you’ll reach the junction you passed on the way out.
(1) Head straight ahead along the path and follow the same route as on the way out to return to the car park (S/E).
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