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Access: Coming from the N152 which runs along the Loire, take the D49 towards Luynes. Leave your car in the large car park just after the campsite at the entrance to the village (the car park entrance is just behind the "Luynes" sign).
This route is not marked as such.
(S/E) On foot, exit the car park on the side opposite the road, then turn immediately left. Continue to a small road.
(1) Turn right onto a light blue signpost. The road runs alongside the Grande Boire stream. Let the road turn left and continue straight ahead on a wide path. Further on, cross the stream over a bridge. Continue straight ahead to the Chêne Vert and join a road.
(2) Cross and continue straight ahead. Shortly afterwards, turn right onto a path that climbs uphill, despite the unpleasant feeling that you are trespassing on private property: this is not the case. Continue climbing the path, which leads to the heights, in the middle of the fields.
(3) At the fork, turn left onto a wide path. Cross the fields (of cabbages and broad beans in November) and you will reach a road at Champroux.
(4) Continue straight ahead on a grassy path. Note the ruins of the Roman aqueduct on your left. The path veers to the right. Join a road at La Chauvelière.
(5) Turn left to reach a road, follow it to the left for a few metres, then turn right onto a wide lane. Continue straight ahead until you reach a road.
(6) Take this road to the left and then, at the next intersection, turn right.
(7) Further on, leave the road on the left and leave the blue markings to continue straight ahead on a grassy path slightly overgrown with pyracantha (spiny bushes). The path passes through the undergrowth and becomes more passable. The path veers left then right. It emerges again in the middle of fields. Continue straight ahead.
(8) Turn left to pass behind a large farm. You will come to a road; follow it to the right. At the next intersection, turn left.
(9) At Le Guenivier, as the road turns left, continue straight ahead on a grassy path that quickly turns into a trail as you enter the undergrowth. Continue to the D6, which is a bit busy.
(10) Follow it carefully to the left. Shortly afterwards, turn right onto the path just behind the "Le Maupas" sign, even though it looks like you are entering private property (which is probably the case, but the marked path does go through here).
(11) Pass in front of the house "Le Maupas" and continue along this wide grassy path until you reach another beautiful house and its pond. Continue below the pond and then straight ahead. You will come to a path on the right which you should take until you reach a small road.
(12) Turn left and then, at the next intersection, turn left again. Further on, leave the road and turn right onto a path.
(13) At the next crossroads, turn left and, at the next fork, turn right. Continue until you reach a road shortly after a farm.
(14) Turn right onto a beautiful sunken path in the undergrowth. You will reach a road shortly after a cave dwelling (still inhabited when we passed by). Follow this road carefully (it is quite busy) to the left until you reach the mill near the Phonograph Museum.
(15) Turn right onto a wide path. Continue until you reach a road, which you should follow to the left. The road climbs through the woods. You will come out near a housing estate.
(16) Take the second street on the right. This street soon turns into a path, then back into a tarmac road. Join a small road on the left.
(17) At the next intersection, turn right for a round trip to the Old Town of Saint Etienne de Chigny, crossing a bridge over the Bresme.
(18) Retrace your steps.
(17) Turn right and continue along this small road which serves beautiful properties and old mills. Join another road.
(19) Follow it to the left for a few dozen metres, then turn right. The small road runs alongside a beautiful poplar grove and crosses a stream.
(20) When the road veers to the right, turn left onto a wide path. Continue straight ahead. After passing vegetable gardens, you will reach the D49 opposite the campsite. Turn left to quickly reach the car park (S/E).
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