Park at Place du Champ de Foire (Rue de la Croix Picot on the D115)
(S/E) Head towards the school and follow the signposts marked with little red and green figures. Walk round the school to join the path leading to the housing estate. Cross the roundabout and, 50 metres on, turn right onto a path that goes round a field to reach Impasse Pounivelle.
(1) At the road, follow the yellow markings. Carry on straight ahead, then turn left at a junction about 400 metres further on.
(2) Turn right onto the winding white track and, when you reach the road, turn left, staying on a white track.
(3) After a bend, leave the yellow-marked path and take a new white track on the right. When you reach the road, turn left.
(4) At Port Goron, rejoin the yellow-marked route by turning right and carry on straight ahead.
(5) Leave the white track to take a path on the left and continue straight on to reach the marsh (informative signs).
Follow the path alongside the lake (watch out for nutria burrows and slippery footbridges in wet weather – see ‘Practical Information’ for an alternative route) and turn left once you reach a track.
(6) At the first junction, turn right. At the end of the straight stretch, take the path on the right and, after the footbridge, carry on until you reach another white track.
(7) Turn right, cross the Rigole de Rimombœuf and continue round the marsh until you reach the next junction on the left.
(8) Turn left, then right onto the road. When you reach the D180, cross over to take the white track opposite. Turn left onto the road and continue to a three-way junction.
(9) Take the stony path on the left just after the apiary (old railway line). Cross the road and continue along a dirt track. Walk past the old railway station.
(10) Turn right just before the bridge. After the harbour, continue to the right along Rue du Château.
After the bend, turn right into the small car park at the Foyer Communal and continue along the small, shaded path at the far end of the car park. Turn right onto Rue du Riveau.
(11) Turn left onto Rue de Richebert. Note the wash house on the right.
Carry on and turn right onto Rue du Pigeonnier. Note the dovecote on the right and, a little further on, the bread oven currently being restored.
At Rue du Stade (D115), turn left and take the path behind the hedge on the right-hand side of the road.
Opposite the church, turn right onto Rue du Moulin and walk for about 150 metres.
(12) Leave the street and enter the narrow alleyway on the left (sign for “Lavoir du Révérend” and a small gate).
At the end of the alley, take a short detour to the left to visit the washhouse, then continue following the signposts. The path crosses a ditch and then passes between houses to join Rue du Rimonboeuf, where you should turn left and then left again into Rue de la Panification, home to the washhouse of the same name.
Walk behind the church (note the unusual winch hanging from the bell tower as you pass) and turn right at the crossroads. Keep right onto Rue de la Fontaine, walk past the Grande Fontaine washhouse and continue to Place du Champ de Foire, 100 metres away on the left (S/E).
