Promenade à Sainpuits dans les vallons de Forterre vers la voie romaine

Start from the Place de la Mairie parking lot. (D/A) Head for the crossroads formed by Rue de la Gare and Rue de la Chapelle (north-west). Go straight across in the direction of Perreuse, leaving the housing estate on your left. (1) Take the dirt track on your left. Pass the soccer pitch. Cross the road, leaving the calvary on your right, to reach La Madeleine (group of 2 houses on your left). Take the road to the right (D3) for 200m. (2) Stay in the right-hand lane until you reach the crossroads of 5 roads (hill 229). Take the second road on your left and continue to the next crossroads. (3) Cross the crossroads and follow the driveway along the fields for approx. 750m. At the T-junction, turn right. At the next crossroads (hill 228), turn left. Go through the woods. (4) At the second fork in the road, turn left towards Flassy farm. When you reach the farm, go round it, still keeping to the right, and continue along the asphalt road, passing the riding arena. (5) Continue, turn left and follow the perimeter wall of Château de Flassy, partly concealed by a thick hedge. Reach the road. (6) Follow the road to the right for 100 m, then take the right-hand path (transformers on your right). At the crossroads, turn left, leaving the road on the right, which enters the farm (dogs are often present) and ends up on the main road. (7) Continue along this road on the right for 300m. Reach the first crossroads. Cross over and take the left-hand lane at the fork, then immediately left again. (8) Continue straight ahead for approx. 2.5km. You will come to a small road. (9) Turn right and after 300m, turn left onto a dirt track. This road is in fact an old Roman road, which you will have to follow in a north-easterly direction. (10) Cross the D66 with care. Continue straight on until you reach the D6. (11) Cross this road and continue straight ahead on a tarmac section. Leave a tarmac lane on your left. Pass an old farmhouse on the left to reach Montagne des Alouettes. (12) A few metres before the altitude marker (367m). Take the dirt track on your left, then turn left again at the next one. Leave the old windmill (private property) on your left. Keep to this main path, ignoring the paths on the right and left, to reach the road (D6). (13) Cross the road and go down the track opposite. Keep to the left and right to reach a tarmac road. Pass a pond on your left. Reach La Villeneuve and go straight across on the only access road. At the crossroads on the outskirts of the village, take the road on the left. (14) Before the next road (D66), take the track on the right. After approx. 500 m, leave it and take the left-hand path (marker on the ground), which leads to a small tarmac road. At this crossroads, go straight ahead. Take the next left onto Rue de la Chapelle, opposite the café and Notre Dame de Lorette chapel. (15) Take the descending street, skirting the church on the left, passing between the church and the house to reach the start parking lot (D/A).