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When you arrive in Pesmes via the D475b, after the restaurant (Les Jardins Gourmands), cross the Ognon and then take the first right. (Shaded car park at Quai de la Fontaine on the banks of the Ognon).
(S/E) Join the CD475b (Route de Dole) and turn left towards Dole. Keep to the right or left-hand side of the road on the grass verge alongside the CD47b.
At the Ermitage crossroads, continue left along the CD475b for about 300m, then turn right onto a white track that climbs.
Follow this track for about 600 m, then at the junction, turn right towards the north-west.
(1) At the CD112, turn left towards the south-west and, after about thirty metres, take the grassy track on the right.
Follow this track to the junction with Rue de Pesmes, then turn left towards Mutigney. Enter the village and stay on Rue de Pesmes.
(2) Walk to the wash house and back, then continue left along Rue de l’Église. At the Fork in the road, leave the church and the town hall on your left and turn right, passing in front of the castle entrance. It is only partially visible from Rue du Château.
(3) Walk to the wash house and back, then leave the village of Mutigney via Rue des Forges.
(4) At the gate, go through it and continue straight ahead towards the Pesmes forges.
(5) Cross the bridge, then at the road, turn left towards the forges.
(6) Walk across the site, turn left to follow the fitness trail and walk around the island.
Stay on the path that runs alongside the River Ognon. Return to the Chemin des Forges, heading towards Pesmes.
(7) At the junction with the Route de Broyes, turn right for a return trip to the wash house.
Return to Rue des Loups and continue towards Pesmes, turning right onto Rue de Coulances until you reach Porte Saint-Hilaire on Rue Saint-Hilaire.
(8) Just before Porte Saint-Hilaire, turn left onto the rampart walk and continue to Rue Jean Jaurès, on the right.
If the rampart walk is no longer accessible, continue as you please through the streets and trajes (narrow alleys) of Pesmes until you reach the church.
(9) After visiting the church, take Rue de Grandevielle to reach the rear of the castle.
(10) One of the castles of Pesmes. Follow the path to reach the viewpoint. Continue through the narrow streets between the buildings that characterise the village of Pesmes, then along Rue du Donjon, which you leave on the left, to reach Ruelle de la Grapillotte.
(11) After visiting this fabulous site, head back down Ruelle de la Grapillotte to Rue de la Vannoise, turn left to reach Rue du Général Poncet, which is on the right. On this street, turn right onto Quai de la Fontaine until you reach the car park (S/E).
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