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Park in the church square in Gensac-la-Pallue.
(S/E) Walk past the church – it’s on your right – along Chemin du Gouffre, past the fish farm, and follow the path to the road. Cross the road, take Rue du Mesnil opposite, and follow it to the T-junction.
(1) Turn right and then immediately left onto a wide track towards Ball-trap. Continue to the T-junction and the Garenne de Tilloux woodland.
(2) Turn right onto the grassy track and go all the way round the woodland; it’s on your left. At the northern edge, at the T-junction, turn right and, about 75 metres further on, turn left, walking alongside the vineyards. You’ll come to a small road. Continue to the T-junction.
(3) Turn left; after about a hundred metres, turn right onto a wide track. When you reach the railway line, cross it carefully and turn left. Follow the track, gradually moving away from the line through the vineyards. Join the track again, then turn right once more to rejoin the D158 road.
(4) Cross it and take the main track opposite. Follow this main track, ignoring all turn-offs to the right and left, until you reach a small road running parallel to the N141.
(5) Turn left onto Route de Soubérac and follow the four-lane N141. Shortly afterwards, do not take the small road on your left between the vineyards towards Gensac, but follow the road that curves to the left. Then take thefirst road on the left into the village, Rue des Chênes, following the sign for Grateau (0.3 km). Continue to the T-junction, turn right onto Route de Grateau, then left onto Chemin des Rentes. Then turn left onto a grassy track and follow it to the sewage treatment works and the railway line.
(6) Cross the railway line very carefully. Go straight up the embankment and cross over, then go back down the embankment on the other side of the railway line and take the path opposite, between the woodland and the vineyard, follow it to the next village, Les Barbotins; when you reach the T-junction and the buildings, turn right, and at the end turn left; follow the narrow lane which bends to the right; at the T-junction turn right; follow the cul-de-sac towards the beautiful porch, then turn left and immediately right onto the small path leading to the bridge.
(7) Follow this path towards the bridge and cross the Ri de Gensac stream via the bridge. Continue along the path until you reach the road. When you reach the road, turn left and follow the road as it curves to the right. At the T-junction, turn right onto Chemin du Gouffre, which leads back to the car park at Place de l’Église (S/E).
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