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The walk starts in Coupvray (Seine-et-Marne), at the swimming pool car park on the D45a
You can get there by car or by bus; if travelling by bus, get off at the ‘Coupvray école, route de Lesches’ stop. http://marne-et-morin.groupe-espaces.com...
(S/E) Head towards the village centre along Rue de Lesches, with the schools on your right. Cross the canal.
(1) At the end of the bridge, turn right at the pedestrian crossing.
GR®® red and white signposts
This pedestrian crossing takes you to Rue de Lesches le Canal, where you turn left. Continue until you reach Rue Louis Braille, which you turn into by turning right.
Walk past Louis Braille’s birthplace.
(2) Continue along the sunken path which climbs as it turns left. After walking about 200 m along this path, as you emerge from the woods, you’ll come to a fork in the road.
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(3) Head down to the left along the path where wide steps have been built, until you reach Rue du Moulin.
(4) Cross the bridge on the right and climb the steps of the Sente des Petits Ponts. After walking along a slight incline for about a hundred metres and crossing the footbridge, turn left and continue up the steps leading to the town hall square, behind the war memorial.
(5) Turn right, walk past the church and cross the narrow pedestrian crossing to reach Rue de Paris. Continue on to Route de Chalifert.
(6) Here, you have two options:
(6a) If you’re walking on a day when the castle grounds are open, continue along the Pue de Paris to the entrance to the grounds. Go in and take the full tour of the grounds, passing by the castle ruins, then return to point 6 and continue the route.
(6b) If you are walking on a day when the castle grounds are closed, there is no point in going as far as the grounds, and the length of the route will be reduced to 11 km.
Turn right onto Route de Chalifert (D5). Walk along this road, cross over the TGV line and, once you reach Chalifert (the road is then called Rue Louis Braille), walk past the cemetery and the church. At the junction with Rue Charles Vaillant, carry on straight ahead (the road changes name again to Rue Jean de la Fontaine) until you reach Allée Saint-Éloi, which is a no-entry road for vehicles. Turn right into this lane to pass the Taratte Tower a little further on.
(8). At the end of Allée Saint-Éloi, continue along the path that leads downhill and joins aGR®®-marked trail (red and white).
GR®® red and white markings
Take this path on the left, which leads you to the Chalifert Lock on the banks of the Marne.
(9) Following the course of the river, you’ll reach the Dhuis sculpture garden.
(10) Turn back towards the Chalifert Lock and continue along theGR®® trail, which climbs up the hill before descending the other side to a first and then a second road; cross both in turn to take the small road leading to the Lesches Lock.
No signposting
(11) Cross over the lock via the footbridge and continue to the left along the poorly maintained track which takes you back to Coupvray, near the pedestrian crossing leading to the D45a, then turn left. Cross the bridge over the canal once more to return to the car park at the starting point (S/E).
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