La Garde wood

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : On the opposite side of the square from the town hall, go down the stairs, turn left, then left again on rue de l’Amourette. 150 m after the bridge, turn right. Follow a pond to the right, and at the crossroads, continue right to a road (iron cross). Follow it up to the middle of Le Puy.

Step 2 : Turn left, then left again. At the fork after the hamlet, continue downhill to the left. At the T-junction, turn right, then, 150 m further on, left onto a grassy track. At the first houses in La Farge, continue right along the asphalt road. At the T-junction, turn right and continue to a stone cross at the junction with the D525.

Step 3 : Turn right, passing the hamlet of Les Ebrières on the left. At the fork in the road, at the “clean spot”, leave the road and turn left up a tarmac, then grassy path leading directly to a T-junction. Turn right, then immediately left to reach the D227. Cross it, go right for 70 m and climb the track on the left. At the next crossroads, go straight ahead. Go straight on, ignoring the adjacent tracks, until you reach the road. Cross it and go straight on. At the antenna, go straight on to the crossroads.

Step 4 : Go up on the left, then leave a track on the right. At the next crossroads, go straight ahead, ignoring the side paths, and at the bottom of the descent, pass farm buildings. After the house, continue straight on for 600 m until you come to an intersection with a side track on the left.