Marquise du Deffand trail

(D/A) Start at Place de l'Église.
Head east on Rue de Saint-Prix. At the Saint-Prix fountains, turn right towards the hamlet of Grand Banny. Continue along this stretch of road until you reach the hamlet of Les Ouvots.

(1) As the road bends round, go straight down, leaving the side paths that serve the houses. The main road ends in a lane.

(2) Go straight on for about 200m. On the left, a tunnel leads to a side track. At the end of this passage under an old railway line, turn right. Continue until you reach a crossroads. Go up to the left.

(3) Opposite the hedge, fork right, leaving the next two paths on the left.

(4) Turn left onto the tarmac road. At the next junction, turn left.

(5) Enter the hamlet of Le Deffand on the left. Go straight on at the side junctions.

(6) Turn right in front of the château and right again at the next crossroads. Continue until you reach a crossroads in front of a farm building. Turn right.

(5) Turn left onto the road towards Lain. Pass the monument to Alfred Saison.

(7) At the bend in the road before the dwellings, turn right into the lane. Keep heading south-west. After the zig-zag, turn right, leaving the track opposite (signposted to another route). You will come to a crossroads which is an old railway line.

(8) Turn right as far as the road. Go down the road on the left, forgetting the start of a path on the left.

(9) At the entrance to the S-bends, take the path on the right. Continue straight on until you reach Grand Banny. Opposite the cross, turn right and at the last houses on the left, turn left.

(10) Take the path on the left, then the first path on the right and follow it to the hamlet of Les Gallons, which you must cross, keeping to the narrow road.

(11) Cross the road and go straight on towards Les Brûlés. Pass the antenna tower on the left.
This small road ends in a dirt track which leads to the entrance to the village of Saints. Go down Rue de la Malrue on the right, then past the church to get back to the starting point (D/A).