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Car park before the bridge over the Saire, alongside the D26
Yellow signposts
(S/E) Leave the car park, turn left onto the D26, cross the bridge over the Saire and note on your left the waterfall, the wooden bridge (no entry) and the Château de la Germonière (private). At the crossroads, turn left to walk past the church and the cemetery, then turn right onto the first road leading uphill (marked by a cross) and continue for about a hundred metres.
(1) Turn left onto the first farm track and follow this wide track. At the crossroads with several meadow entrances blocked by metal gates, veer left onto a well-shaded sunken track. At the next three-way junction with a farm on the left, continue along the track on the right, which leads to a small road.
(2) Follow the road to the right towards the hamlet of Famichon. Opposite a house with a red-tiled roof, turn left, head down towards the Saire and continue to the right along the stony track which climbs steadily to the Calvaire de la Pergée (wooden cross).
(3) Turn left to join a small road and look out for a memorial on the right commemorating the crash of a Royal Air Force 59th Squadron bomber on 20 September 1940. Follow the small road to the left, which descends steadily towards the south-east.
(4) Keep an eye out for a path on the right and leave the road. Follow this path down towards the D120 near Moulin du Gras. At the junction with this road, turn right and follow it to the next crossroads, which is relatively close by. Turn left at Moulin to head downhill and cross the Saire again via a small bridge, then head back uphill to the next crossroads.
(5) Turn left onto the tree-lined farm track. It runs alongside several meadows. On your left, you’ll notice a lovely pond, which the cattle were thoroughly enjoying when we passed by, and then you’ll reach a road which you follow to the left. Pass the sign marking the entrance to Le Vast and arrive at a junction (recycling bins).
(6) Turn right onto the small road signposted “Fabrication de jouets en bois” (Wooden toy manufacturing). Continue to the next junction opposite an old lime kiln dated 1870. It is possible to climb to the top of this kiln, which has recently been restored. Turn left onto the lovely beech-lined avenue running alongside the imposing farmstead of ‘La Cour du Vast’, which you can see below on your left.
(7) Shortly after passing the farmhouse, turn right onto the uphill path, then turn left at the first fork. Just before reaching a small road, admire the beautiful garden on the left, laid out around a pond.
No signposting (note the Yellow Cross on a post).
(8) Turn left onto the road and follow it downhill towards the hamlet of Boisnel (statue of the Virgin Mary on the right).
At the junction with the D26, turn left and follow this departmental road carefully until you reach the car park on the left (S/E).
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