L'Arbre à Vœux de Boutissaint

This trail starts near the Chapelle Sainte-Langueur de Boutissaint, inside the park. The entire route is signposted. (D/A) Opposite the chapel, turn left along the wide driveway. Shortly after the last building, turn right over a wooden bridge. Drive along the fence of the European bison park and, at the edge of the wood, turn left. A number of wooden bridges help you on your way. The few enclosures and their fences serve as a guide. At the end of the climb, you come to a side path. (1) Turn right. Pass an ancient oppidum to reach a sunken side path. (2) Turn left. Continue along this main path, ignoring the clearing paths and occasional animal tracks. When you come to a clearer area, you'll find a path with a fence in the left-hand corner. (3) Turn left onto this track, which runs alongside the park's perimeter. In front of a deep ditch dug by the upstream streams, turn left and climb down to reach a passageway. Use the bridge to cross the river, go up to the right and soon find the fence around the park. Continue to the left. At the dividing line between parcels 14 and 16 (numbers marked on the oak trees), turn left downhill. At the bottom of the valley, Étang de la Bruyère comes into view. Go around it to the right and you'll come to the Corsican mouflon enclosure. (4) Turn right and drive alongside this enclosure. At the wide driveway, turn right and pass a sand quarry. Find the fence on the right and follow it for about 200 m, keeping it to your right. (5) Go left on this path, which is a little hidden in the vegetation at first. Continue straight ahead, and you'll see a number of animal tracks and paths. Arrive at the driveway leading from the château to Parc de la Boulassière de la Boissière. (6) Go straight across this driveway. Enter the undergrowth and follow the trail, which is regularly laid out with wooden bridges to avoid the muddy, marshy sections caused by the numerous springs and streams. Overlook the Étang des Midoux. (7) Take the path on the left and quickly cross the pond dike. Follow this path up to the "arbre à v?ux". Continue straight ahead to reach the perimeter gates. (8) Enter undergrowth. Turn left once, then left again after approx. 20 m, then right again after approx. 80 m. Stay on this path through the undergrowth until you reach a Y junction. Take the left-hand branch. Continue along this path and you will come to an overhang over the Étang du Château. Cross the gully and, before the bridge leading to the dike, walk along the right bank of the pond, either through the woods or along the water's edge, depending on the season. At the end of the pond, make a left/right turn to cross the ru, walk along it for about 60 m and climb back up along the woodland path, passing at the foot of an alignment of Puisaye sandstone flagstones. Pass by the barn and return to the starting point (D/A).