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Car park before the Greenway.
(S/E) From the car park, take the road downhill to the left (Route de la Gare), cross the Voie Verte (information sign) to join the D39 towards Plogonnec, which you follow to the right for about 200 metres.
(1) Turn left onto the small road going uphill, following the sign for Kergwenan. At the three-way junction, turn left, pass close to the Rohou farm and continue uphill.
(2) The tarmac road continues along a wide track that runs alongside the fence marking the boundary of the Domaine de Koat Ar Gazek Glaz. After the entrance to the estate, pass aPR® on the right and continue. Further on, the road becomes tarmac again and leads to a car park on the right.
GR®38: white and red markings
(3) Follow theGR® which runs alongside the Vieux Chatel, IME of the Championnet association, and reach the access gate to the centre.
(4) Enter the centre through the passageway to the left of the gate, turn left and, at theGR® mark on a tree, turn right into the woods. Follow theGR® markings, which begin a long descent as they wind through the woods. Please note that the route on the map is not very accurate, so be careful.
(5) At a crossroads, turn right with theGR® trail, which widens as it descends towards a road just before the hamlet of Kerbellec. Follow this road to the left, pass a house and arrive at a crossroads marked Belle vue.
(6) Turn right, continue with Belle Vue on your right and you will reach a large cultivated area overlooking the valley where the Névet river flows. Turn right and walk along the field. There is a vast panorama of the valley to the north-east, the village of Le Juch and, to the south-west, the port of Douarnenez and Cap de la Chèvre on the Crozon peninsula. Enter the woods, watch out for aGR® sign pointing in the wrong direction on the right, then find the start of a path a little before on the left. Take this small path which descends along an embankment and arrives at a stream, then a beautiful hedge marking the boundary of a property, and reach a road.
Off the trail
(7) Follow the road to the left, leaving theGR® trail to the right, and continue to the next crossroads with signs for Le Juch to the left and Douarnenez to the right. Follow the latter for about 150 metres, then turn left at the sign for Carbon lodges and Le Cosquer. Pass under the power line.
Leave Le Carbon on your left and pass under the bridge of the old Quimper-Douarnenez railway line.
(8) On the right, just before the bridge, take the path that leads to a meadow, climb onto the Voie Verte towards Le Juch (west). Continue for about 2km. This part of the route is dotted with educational signs (see "During the hike"). Cross the road to the station you took on the way there and continue opposite. The village of Le Juch is on your right.
(9) At the old gatekeeper's house called Kericun, leave the old railway line on the right and follow the road that climbs towards the village. Cross the Ris stream, a tributary of the Névet. Turn right at the school and note the old stone houses on your right. Turn left to pass in front of the church, taking the time to admire this imposing 16th and 17th century building, and turn right at its chevet. Make a short return trip to the equestrian statue of the Baron du Juch (a recent work from 1952).
(10) Retrace your steps, take the path downhill on the right, turn left then right to return to the car park (S/E).
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