La forêt du Quartier

1/ From the start sign at Place Saint-Ménilie (11th-century church), walk down Rue de la Poule-d'Eau and cross the dyke; continue along the path beside the lake and turn left as far as the D110.

2/ Cross the road and drive around the sports ground below. Go straight on until you reach the first track on the left. Take this and continue straight ahead. Cross two railway tracks. At the road, at the entrance to the Cité des Sapins, turn right into the wood and continue until you reach a clearing.

3/ Immediately climb to the left (very steep slope). After the wood, turn right at the first crossroads, and continue straight ahead on the road as far as Youx church. Go past it and turn left into Rue de la Pêche. Leave a track on the right at a farm and go down to a stream. Turn right, cross the hamlet of Malvette and keep right until you reach a crossroads.

4/ Turn right and continue straight ahead, passing the Chevalot farm. Join a wide tarmac track which you follow until you reach the D998.

5/ Go straight ahead (towards Montillet) then fork right into the Quartier forest. Follow this lane for 2 km. At the crossroads, take the second turning on the left and continue straight on to leave the forest. Go around a pond, climb up to a farm and come to a small road.

6/ Go straight ahead. Leave a track on your left and go straight ahead along the edge of a wood. At the first junction, turn right at an acute angle and, 10 m further on, follow the footpath rising to the left. Cross a small road and descend to Ladoux. At the D988, continue straight ahead past Bois Labbé. At the fork, 100 m before the mining towns, turn right. On Boulevard de la République, take the impasse de la Bouble and, 20 m after the railway line, turn left onto the footpath. Go down rue Jean-Duranthon, cross the D110 and follow the edge of the lake on the left to get back to the starting point.