The Master Pipers, bagpipe players, were a veritable brotherhood during the last century, with their own initiation rites and ruled by their own laws. People appreciated the quality of their playing, but were also afraid of them because of the rumours about them which abounded. Perhaps they had signed a pact with the devil to enable them to play so well ?

GR46
190 km from Bridoré (Indre et Loire) to Boussac (Creuse) passing through the Boischaut-Sud area via Lys Saint Goerges, Tranzault, Sarzay, La Châtre, Briantes, Pouligny Notre Dame, and Sainte Sévère.

GRP :GR ‘du Pays des Maîtres Sonneurs’
Over 175 km leading you through the countryside that was home to the heroes of George Sand’s novel Les Maîtres Sonneurs (The Master Pipers), between Berry and Bourbonnais. This novel came out in 1853. It is the story of the meeting between the peasants of Berry and the muleteers of Bourbonnais, of a voyage which is also a search for a certain kind of music. It is this exact same path, just as it is described in the novel, which will take you from Saint Chartier (Indre) to Huriel (Allier), via Préveranges (Cher) and Sainte Sévère (Indre). You can also do a shorter version of just the Northern part of the circuit (Indre), which takes you through the villages of Saint Chartier, La Motte Feuilly, Sainte Sévère, Pouligny Notre Dame, and La Châtre.

GR654 Saint James of Compostela
from Vezelay towards the Creuse valley, 110 km through George Sand Country.

Shorter walks
Around thirty parishes have signposted walks going from 4 km to 23 km. The colour of the signposts denotes the length of the walk - _ = less than 8 km, _ = 8 to 16 km, _ = more than 16 km. Leaflets containing descriptions of these walks are on sale in local town halls or Tourist Information Bureaux.

Leaflets containing descriptions of walks are available for the following villages Briantes, La Berthenoux, Chassignolles, Cluis, Fougerolles, Gournay, Le Magny, Lys Saint Georges, Mers sur Indre, Montipouret, Montlevic, Mouhers, Montgivray, Nohant-Vic, Neuvy Saint Sépulchre, Pouligny Notre Dame, Perassay, Sarzay, Saint Chartier, Sainte Sévère sur Indre, Tranzault, Thevet Saint Julien, Verneuil sur Igneraie, Vicq Exemplet, Vigoulant.

Accompanied walks

  Walks through George Sand Country : Three days of themed walks with activities, the third weekend in August. More information from Pays de George Sand on 02 54 48 10 65

  Fauna and flora discovery outings : organised by the Indre Nature association.
List available in Tourist Information Bureaux or on 02 54 22 60 20

  Local clubs (FFRP, UFOLEP, ...) organise regular outings.
List available in Tourist Information Bureaux or on 02 54 36 18 55

  For groups - walks organised on request.