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Contents The Upper Reaches *At the Source of the Loire: Distance: 3km (2 miles) or 12.7km (8 miles) *A Chateau on the rocks at Arlempdes: Distance: 9.5km (6 miles) or 6km (3 miles) In the Gorges de Peyredeyre: Distance: 10km (6 miles) *Views of the Lac de Grangent: Distance: 5km (3 miles) *The Gorges Roannaises: Distance: 10.5km (6 miles) or 9km (5 miles) *The Canals of Digoin: Distance: 8km (5 miles) *Walking with a legend at Nevers: Distance: 8km (5 miles) or 12km (7 miles) The Orleanais and Blesois (The departements of Loiret and Loir-et-Cher) *The Story of the Site de Mantelot: Distance: 6km (3 miles) In the Forest of Orleans: Distance: 16km (10 miles), 13km (8 miles) or 8km (5 miles) Woods and Lakes of the Sologne: Distance: 12km (7 miles) *Orchards by the Loire at Beaugency: Distance: 12km (7 miles) or 6km (3 miles) Through the parkland of Chambord: Distance: 13km (8 miles) The Water-mills of Suevres: Distance: 12km (7 miles), 8km (5 miles), or 6km (3 miles) A train ride through the vineyards at Thore-la-Rochette: Distance: 12km (7 miles) Touraine (the departement of Indre-et-Loire) Under the arches of Chenonceau: Distance: 8.5km (5 miles) Cere-la-Ronde - a landscape of Touraine: Distance: 13km (8 miles), 8km (5 miles) or 6km (3 miles) Azay-sur-Indre - a tale of two rivers: Distance: 12km (7 miles) *The lantern of Rochecorbon: Distance: 12km (7 miles) or 7km (4 miles) A woodland of wild flowers at Sepmes: Distance: 7km (4 miles) In the valley of the Manse at Avon-les-Roches: Distance: 10km (6 miles) The banks of the Cher at Villandry: Distance: 10km (6 miles) Giant strides around Seuilly: Distance: 17km (10 miles) Lake and woods at Chateau-la-Valliere: Distance: 13km (8 miles) or 10km (6 miles) Sarthe Le Lude and the valley of the Loir: Distance: 16km (10 miles) or 8km (5 miles) Anjou (the departement of Maine-et-Loire) Along the GR3 to Saumur: Distance: 17km (10 miles), 25km (15 miles) or 11km (7 miles) *Prehistory at le Thoureil: Distance: 8km (5 miles) or 9.5km (6 miles) A chateau in the valley of the Sarthe: Distance: 12.5km (7 miles) The Corniche Angevine: Distance: 15km (9 miles) From the Evre to the Loire at St. Florent-le-Vieil: Distance: 15km (9 miles) *The long history of Champtoceaux: Distance: 8km (5 miles), 5km (3 miles) or 4km (2 miles) Loire-Atlantique 31Windmills and wine at Monnieres: Distance: 10km (6 miles) 32*St. Brevin-les-Pins - estuary and ocean: Distance: 14km (8 miles) or 7.5km (4 miles) * Walks nos. 1, 2 , 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 18, 26, 30 and 32 form the series 'From Source to the Sea'