L'Echiquier — au coeur de la Puisaye
L'Echiquier — in the heart of the Puisaye
How to find L'Echiquier
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From the NORTH
From the SOUTH
From the EAST
From the WEST
( ‡ = a small pronounciation guide
at the bottom of this column)Take the A6a or A6b motorway (L’Autoroute du soleil) towards Lyon‡.
This is probably most easily done off the peripherique.After 80km (50 miles), branch onto the A77 motorway (L'Autoroute de l'arbre) towards Nevers for 67km (42 miles).
Take exit (sortie) 20 to Briare‡.
Follow the signs to Briare or town centre [centre ville].
After crossing the canal, keep an eye out for the traffic lights in the main street (they are hard to spot!) and turn left onto the D47 to
Ouzouer-/s T (Ouzouer-sur-Trézée) and Bléneau.In Ouzouer‡, the D47 branches to Bléneau‡ just before the bridge.
Just outside Bléneau the D47 changes to the D22. The only indication is the sign "Le Loiret vous souhaite bonne route" as you leave the department of the Loiret and enter the Yonne.
After 19km (12 miles), you arrive in Bléneau. Straight on at the crossroads (outside the lavoir, to the left), then straight on at the next STOP.
Take the next turn to the left and follow the D22 towards Villeneuve-les-Gênets for 4km (2½ miles).
Turn right at the sign to Les Creux‡ (a hamlet). You have only 1km (5 furlongs, 5/8 mile (1100 yds)) to go.
Take care going over the unmarked crossroads in Les Creux and continue to the Stop sign.
Go straight on and up a slight incline. Look out for the red fire hydrant (number 11) on your right. L'Echiquier‡ is immediately to the right.
You have arrived !
Driving northwards up the A6 / E60 (Autoroute de soleil), leave at junction (sortie) 20 to Auxerre then follow the route as from the EAST.
If on the N6 heading northwards follow signs to St Fargeau on the D956, then as below *.
Coming from the south on A77, leave at junction (sortie) 21, follow signs to St Fargeau on the D956 *.
* In St Fargeau take the D90 road northwards to Bléneau (this goes through St Privé** but keep going to Bléneau). At Bléneau continue on as the route from the NORTH indicates.
Google Maps route from A77. About 35km (20 miles), 35 mins.
** (Alternative route from St Privé.
If you feel like real country roads and the snow is not too deep, cross the bridge over the Loing in St Privé (going towards Bléneau - northwards) and after about 20m (20 yards) turn very sharp right onto the D52 to Septfonds, climb the hill for about 1km (¾ mile) and when almost at the top where the lamp-posts finish turn left and pass in front of the concrete water tower. After about 1.5km (1 mile) take the first turn right to 'Launoy' (there is a heap of flints on your left as you turn the corner), descend into the Chasserelle valley and up the other side. At the junction at the top L'Echiquier is immediately on your left. You are now 198m above sea level.)
Google Maps route from A77. About 30km (18 miles), 30 mins.
Get to (if on A6 / E60 leave (sortie) at junction 20), Auxerre then follow the green signs westwards to Orleans, along the D965.
After about 20km (12 miles) you will come to Toucy, keep following the green signs to Orleans, D965.
Next after 10km (6 miles) is Mézilles, down the hill, cross over the bridge and then turn right opposite the 'mairie' towards Tannere on the D7 (just for about 400 metres / yards). Just as you are about to leave Mézilles take the D52 road to the left signposted Septfonds, St Privé and Bléneau. This is a narrow road but allows two way traffic, it is pretty straight and undulating and wooded on either side.
5km (6 miles) later at Septfonds there is a STOP, continue straight on for a further 5km (6 miles) and take the fourth left, although it is the fourth left it is the first turn that is forewarned by a junction/cross-roads sign. This is a narrow road and it is necessary to go onto the verge to pass. You have about 2km (1½ miles) to go.
Continue now until the third left. Take care at the first junction a cross-roads with equal rights of way (priority to the right takes precedence). At the second cross-road, again unmarked keep straight on, descend into the Chasserelle valley (there's quite a bump at the bottom if you go too fast, oil has been seen on a number of occasions at this spot) and up the other side. At the next junction just a few hundred metre/yards, there lies L'Echiquier, bare slightly to the left to find it's drive, beween two large trees.
Google Maps route. About 80km (50miles), 1hr.
From the WEST
Get to Orleans then follow the green signs to Auxerre, at Briare the follow the instruction as if coming from the NORTH.
Google Maps route. About 100km (60miles), 1hr 45 mins.
Here's a little guide to driving in France, compiled by me a non-driver. It's a .pdf file, your browser ought to open it for you and if it can't, it it will help you download a pdf reader.
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