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Park on Rue du Recret (an old Roman road) or Chemin des Quatre-Vents in the hamlet of Les Gaches, which is part of Grézieu-la-Varenne.
(S/E) Cross the D24 – take care as many drivers travel at excessive speeds. Immediately turn right onto the small tarmac road opposite (Chemin de Ponce). Head towards the two farms.
(1) Leave the tarmac and take the path leading down to the left (see photo). Follow it along the fields until you reach a path running perpendicular at the top of the fields.
(2) Take this path uphill to the left. You will soon enter the forest. Cross the Bouillon stream and the road to reach the Bouillon farm.
(3) Take the small path that climbs to the right alongside the farm (see photo). Pass above the farm. Follow a fairly steep climb to reach a new right-angled junction.
(4) Turn right onto the path and continue to the hamlet of Les Béchères. Stay on this path until you reach the road at the top of the village of Pollionnay.
Alternative route here: continue the climb to the left to reach the Col de la Luère. Descend via theGRP® Tour des Monts du Lyonnais to La Croix du Ban. Take the path on the right which descends towards Pollionnay and joins the road at the top of the village.
(5) Turn right and begin a fairly steep descent. Pass through the hamlet of Lamure. Continue on until, after passing the pond (cross), you reach Les Presles.
(6) Take the dirt track leading down to the right (see photo), follow it through the hamlets of La Sigodière and La Quinsonnière until you reach the D70.
(7) Walk along the D70 on the right for 250 m, taking great care with the traffic. At the first left-hand bend, take the dirt track that climbs back up to the hamlet of Les Gaches. Turn right to reach the car park on Rue de Recret (S/E).
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