On the paths to the west of Bonsmoulins and around the Bois du Breuil

Park in the centre of Bonsmoulins, in a small car park overlooking Rue du Pont sur l’Iton.

(S/E) Turn left, towards Moulins-la-Marche. Carry on straight ahead until you leave the village, at the sign for Bonsmoulins.

(1) Turn right onto a forest track, going round the Bois du Breuil (private woodland). You’ll reach the end of the track, marked by a cross-path.

(2) Turn left downhill and join the road to Moulins-la-Marche (D28).

(3) Continue left towards Bonsmoulins for about 500 m (the least pleasant part of the route, as it is the busiest road).

(4) Turn right towards the hamlet of Les Brosses onto the small road, which gradually turns into a footpath. You’ll come to a fork with a lake on your right.

(5) Turn left (with your back to the pond) and head down a muddy forest track. Ignore a path on the right, cross a stream and join a cross-country path.

(6) Head up this path to the left. After a fairly stony stretch, the path becomes grassy. Take a right-hand bend in the path, pass under a power line and arrive at a junction.

(7) Turn left and follow the path uphill; it becomes a quiet road leading to the village of Bonsmoulins at a multi-way junction.

(8) Turn left onto the road to reach Rue du Pont sur l’Iton, then turn right towards the car park (S/E).

During the first part of the walk around the Bois du Breuil, you can see the Iton. This river is particularly well known for flowing through Evreux. Here, it is very small as it is close to its source (Mahéru).