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Car park at the Saint-Viaud Leisure Centre.
(S/E) With the sports fields on your left, at the far end of the car park you’ll find a path running alongside a road (separated by a wooden railing). Head left to reach the start of the lake. Follow the tarmac path as it veers away from the lake’s edge and ignore an entrance on the left. Follow the yellow signposts. After a few bends, you’ll reach the exit which leads onto a road.
(1) Cross the road carefully, then take the path that opens up in front of you until you reach a gate, which you should go through. Turn right, near the sundial (withan information panel explaining how it works). The path climbs steeply, bends slightly and comes out onto a road, near the church on your left. Head left until you reach Rue des Fleurs on your right.
(2) Turn into this street, follow it straight on, passing the Cultural Centre on your left, then the municipal workshops on your right.
(3) Turn right immediately after the workshops. Pass the Chemin des Bouillons and leave Saint-Viaud. Continue straight ahead. The road climbs slightly and turns left towards Les Bouillons. Leave the road at the bend and take a wide path opening up on the right. The path becomes a road as you reach Le Mesnil du Nord. Carry on until you reach a path entrance on the left, signposted ‘Route des Hauteurs’.
(4) Turn onto this track, which takes two right-angled bends, the first to the right, the second to the left. Carry on, ignoring any turnings to the right or left, until you reach the D86.
(5) Cross this road carefully and carry on straight ahead. Pass Les Petits Brûlés, then Les Quatre Chemins, and you’ll come to a crossroads.
(6) Take the path on the right, which makes a sharp left turn and then crosses a railway line. Carry on until you reach a crossroads.
(7) Take the track straight ahead, which heads off to the left towards La Courandière. The track bends sharply to the right, followed by a long straight stretch. Cross a small road and ignore a track entrance on the right. The track takes a wide bend to the right and crosses a track coming from the left.
(8) Turn left onto this new track, which takes a wide bend to the right and leads you to a junction with a track coming from the left.
(9) Turn right, following the sign for ‘la Brosse’. The path will take you to the La Brosse Memorial.
(10) Once you’ve had a look at the memorial stone and the various information boards, retrace your steps to the fork in the path, where you’ll find an entrance on your right signposted ‘la Roulière’.
(9) Turn right and continue straight ahead until you come to a small road.
(11) Cross this road carefully and continue straight ahead. Pass La Roulière and you’ll soon come to a path entrance on your right.
(12) Turn right and continue until you reach a small road.
(13) Turn left and carry on until you reach a crossroads marked with a cross.
(14) Turn right, towards La Moinerie (the yellow markings end here). At a Fork in the road, take the left-hand branch and carry on until you reach the Route de Frossay.
(15) Cross carefully at the pedestrian crossing to reach Rue des Millauds, a little further on to the left.
(16) Turn left onto this street, which bends sharply to the right, and continue to a roundabout.
(17) Turn left and carry on straight ahead until you reach another roundabout on the D26.
(18) Turn right onto Route de Paimboeuf. Turn left at the first junction, then, at the crossroads, carry on straight ahead. You’ll soon find, on the left – marked by barriers and a large weeping willow – the entrance to a small path.
(19) It runs more or less parallel to the road leading to the leisure centre. This path takes you back to the car park at the Saint-Viaud leisure centre (S/E).
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