Route Five

Greve de Lecq to Devil’s Hole

Distance = 4km/2.5 miles

Approximate time = 23 minutes

Terrain = Long hill rising from 16ft to 341ft above sea level

Direction

As you come out of Gronez go left onto Mont de STE. Marie. Follow the road then turn left onto Rue de Touttes. then follow the road past La Mare Wine Estate. Then take the second left and then you’re there.

History

Devil's Hole is a crater in the solid cliff measuring about 100ft across and going 200ft down. It has been caused by the sea gradually eroding the top of a cave, until it collapsed. Its figurehead was put by the tide straight into the hole and a local sculptor transformed the torso into a wooden devil with horns. Formerly it was called Le Creux de Vis or Spiral Cave. One reason for its modern name is connected with the shipwreck of a French boat in 1851.