Les lavoirs et la chaume de Thury en VTT

(D/A) Start from Saint-Julien church square. Take the Route de Saint-Sauveur for 100m, then fork right onto Rue du Guichet. At the crossroads, turn left and after approx. 300m, take the path on the left for approx. 1300m. (1) Take the right-hand track which leads to a small lane which you must take on the right as far as the junction with the D3 road. Take the road opposite. (2) Turn slightly right, then immediately left. This avoids crossing the hamlet of Colangette. (3) At the Carouge crossroads, go straight ahead on the dirt track for approx. 1400m without worrying about whether you're coming from the right or the left. At the crossroads, turn right to join the D4 road. (4) At this road, turn right for 50m, then up the left-hand track until you come to a large bend in the road onto a tarmac lane. Turn right and continue along this lane. At the next junction, take the right-hand road for 100m and then the left-hand dirt track, passing the Puits des Champs. (5) Continue until you reach the next asphalt road. Turn left onto this road and enter the village of Grangette. (6) At the intersection of 4 roads, turn right towards Pesselières, leaving it at the next sharp bend to turn right onto the dirt track. This turns right at right-angles, then take the next left onto the D73. (7) Cross this road and take the right-hand track in the undergrowth. From this point onwards, many trails are marked on the ground. Please refer to the practical information and mountain bike signs. Go south-west, leaving the quarries on your left and following the wooded strip. (8) Go straight ahead. (9) Pass the stadium on your right and turn left at the crossroads. The road ends in a forest track, leaving all the paths on the right and left until you reach the wood on the way down. (10). At the junction, turn 90° to the right and follow the edge of the Roichat wood to the next road. At the asphalt road, turn right and follow for about 800 m. (11) Take the left-hand path, then 150m and turn right, keeping to this path until you reach the next road to cross (D3). After 200m, turn right, cross the road again and follow the path down to the Moulery spring. (12) Return to the road, cross it and take the dirt track. On this path, there's a lovely view of the hamlet of Moulery. Turn right once, then left once, then right twice to reach the Gémigny wash-house. (13) Keep to the left to reach the Boutaut spring. (14) Make a U-turn, go through Gémigny on Rue des Cours, then left on Rue des Lavoirs to the Panny spring. (15) Go north-west up the road. At the first crossroads, turn right, then immediately left onto the road. At the next crossroads, turn right and at the top of the climb, turn right to join the D73 road. (16) Cross this road, then go straight ahead on a track which you will have to leave at the next crossroads to turn left, and then choose the right-hand track which leads to the village of La Forêt. (17) Take the right-hand road (D211) to the reservoirs (on the left). Take the dirt track heading south-east. At the bottom of the descent, turn left onto the D73. (18) Cross this road, the Saint-Julien wash-house is on the right, continue south-east to reach the church forecourt (D/A).