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When you arrive in Givry town centre, you'll find a car park near the church. Please note, however, that parking there is prohibited on the 1st Sunday of each month for the monthly Givry flea market. You'll find another car park if you follow the signs for the "voie verte" on Rue de la gare (this street is immediately at the entrance to Givry, just after the speed bump coming from Chalon sur Saône).
(S/E) Go towards the church, then Porte de l'Horloge. You're now on Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville. You'll pass beside the round covered market. Continue straight on Rue de Varanges, then Rue des Bois Chevaux.
(1) Follow the road on your left, you'll see a pumping station on your left. Turn right at the second vineyard path. Follow this path, still on the left, down to Cortiambles. Before you reach Cortiambles, there's a wash-house (impluvium) on your left, then a fountain at Rue Clos Salomon.
(2) Turn left to see the church, retrace your steps and go straight on to the cross. Take Rue de Jambles on your left. Pass the Poncey church, then turn right into Rue des Berges.
(3) Turn left at the first track, then take the path on the right which goes uphill. Continue along this path. You'll see several small paths on either side, but stay on this path until you reach the Moulin de Renache. At the mill, take the left-hand road down to the château.
(4) Just after the castle walls, turn right and follow the GR® marking (Red and White) on the stone that blocks the way (on the day I walked this route, the marking was well hidden by tall grass). Follow the GR® to the Croix de Chalut. At the cross, go down the path on the right for a few metres and take the path on the left that leads to the Chapelle de Rusilly.
(5) At the chapel, turn left and take the path which takes you back to the GR®, follow the sign "Croix de l'Ancienne Église" which is located in the forest. Retrace your steps and turn left when you return to the GR®. Continue straight on, following the GR® signs.
The last house on your right is a farm where you can buy goat's cheese.
(6) Follow the GR® straight on, to find a large crossroads in an open area.
(7) To get to the Sacré-Coeur, leave the GR®, take the widest path on your right, going along a hedge, then right again, pass the barrier and continue to the statue. On your return, turn left to get back to the big crossroads.
Between points 7 and 8, note that the GR® route has been modified.
(7) Turn right on the second path, then right along a hedge to pick up the new GR® route.
(8) Follow the signs to the barrier.
(9) At the barrier, take the left-hand path marked GR®.
(10) You'll see a path on your left near a large box tree (which is on the right of the path): follow this path to four statues. At the rocks in front of the statues, you'll find a path leading to another statue. Go down this path alongside the statue, turn left when you reach the grassy path and climb it until you reach a stony path.
(11) Turn right, then left at the cross. At the next crossroads, turn right (you'll see a tree marked GR® and Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle). Follow this forest track to the next crossroads.
(12) At this crossroads (signposts), follow the path to the right until you reach the main road.
(13) On the main road, turn right at the first street (a cross, a wash-house and a small pond on your left). At the crossroads, turn left into Rue de la Glacière, then right into Route d'Étaule. Turn right just before the football pitch, into Rue du Mets Ânes. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead on Rue de Grapigny. You will pass the Orbize donkey farm. Follow the road as it becomes a footpath, pass a cross and continue straight ahead.
(14) Turn right at the crossroads, ignore a track on the right, then continue on this track, which runs alongside the Givry quarries. You'll see a telephone relay mast, and as you reach the top of the hill, two roads join (blocked by rubble).
(15) At this point, follow the PR® Givry signposting, which takes you to the right along a narrow path leading to a mill (fenced and gated). Continue to follow the PR® until you reach a tarmac road. Follow the road to the left, then turn right at the first crossroads. At the end of this road (between vineyards) turn left (a small pond in the crossroads). Continue straight ahead until you reach the D981.
At the crossroads, go straight on, then turn right into Rue du Cellier aux Moines, then right into Rue Georges Clemenceau and Rue de la Poste. At the crossroads, turn left into Place de l'église and return to the car park (S/E).
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