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Departure from Maxilly town hall, in the main village of this commune. The building, which is shared with the school, is located within the first hundred metres of the small road that descends from the roundabout with the D21 towards Petite Rive, on the right-hand side as you descend. There are numerous parking spaces in the car park opposite the town hall and below the church.
The route is signposted from start to finish, with signposts at all important points and yellow arrow posts at regular intervals. Excellent signposting and signposting (as of October 2015)!
Blue markings
(S/E) Take a small tarmac lane to the left of the town hall/school, towards Torrent/Petite Rive (sign). N.B. On the signs and on the map, "Torrent" is a place name located on the lake shore. Walk along the car park reserved for the town hall on your right. At the end (signpost), go down several wooden steps towards Torrent/Léman and join the left bank of a stream (Ruisseau de Coppy on the map). Follow the path that runs alongside this stream on your right. Cross the stream twice on wooden footbridges to return to the left bank. Continue downhill, more or less close to the stream. At the bottom of the descent, you will come to a bend in a small road (signpost) and follow it to the left for a few dozen metres.
(1) Just before a metal bridge crossing the stream, leave the small road and climb a few wooden steps on the left towards Petite Rive. You will come to a disused railway line. Turn left and follow it as if it were a path. After about 250 m, leave the old railway line, which becomes impassable (undergrowth), and follow a path parallel to it on the right with a lawn on your right overlooking the road that runs alongside Lake Geneva. At the end of the lawn, turn left to cross the old railway line and follow a tarmac lane, leaving an old fountain on your left.
(2) Come out onto the road descending from the main village of Maxilly and follow it to the right towards Petite Rive. Cross the old railway line again (old station on the right) and enter Petite Rive. At the stop sign, leave the road and turn left onto a path between two low walls (Chemin de la Louchette) towards Curtenay. Cross a stream (Ruisseau de Montigny on the map). At the T-junction that follows, turn left. At the fork that immediately appears, take the left-hand lane uphill. Pass under the old railway bridge and, immediately after, turn right onto a path towards a signpost.
(3) Then turn left onto an uphill lane. At the end of this lane, continue straight ahead and enter the woods. Cross the Ruisseau de Montigny on a metal footbridge. At the end of the bridge, climb a few steps (wooden steps). At the top of the hill, turn left and go around a small green water service building on your left. Continue straight ahead on a gravel path with a hedge on your left. At the corner of a second green building, turn right and climb between meadows and orchards (the bell tower of Maxilly church on your left). After a left turn and then a right turn, still on the same path, you will come out onto a paved lane and then onto the D21 road.
(4) Cross the road (take care) and follow Chemin du Vieux Pont opposite. Cross the Ruisseau de Montigny again, turn right and walk alongside a private car park on your left. Join the Route D21 and follow it on the left (stay on the left-hand pavement). After the sign for Neuvecelle and just before a car repair shop, turn left onto Impasse des Pommiers. At the end of the paved road, continue straight ahead onto a grassy path that starts just to the right of the house at No. 109. Walk up between hedges and fences and rejoin the paved road (Rue des Pommiers).
(5) At the end of the street, at the corner of No. 257, turn left onto Chemin des Marais (tarmac). At the next signpost, turn right and continue along the path with a hedge of brambles on your right. The narrow path gives way to a wider track that crosses a small wood. Continue straight ahead with a large building and sports fields on your left and a mountain bike track on your right. Continue straight ahead towards Curtenay and cross the Ruisseau de Montigny.
(6) At the roundabout that follows, take the first road on the right, Route du Chardonnet. Go up the street, ignoring the side streets on the left. At the next roundabout, continue straight ahead on Route du Bois Duret, turn right, cross the stream again and arrive in Montigny (cross). At the crossroads, turn left at an acute angle towards Curtenay/Le Lapin. Cross the Ruisseau de Montigny one last time and you will arrive at a crossroads with the Chemin du Lapin.
Blue + red and yellow markings
(7) Continue straight ahead on the road towards Curtenay, cross the Ruisseau de Coppy and then turn left uphill. At the junction with the Route de Beugé, descend to the left for a few metres.
Blue + red and yellow + red markings
(8) Turn right immediately onto Chemin de Presles towards Petite Rive via Presles (sign). The tarmac quickly gives way to a wide path that runs almost flat between meadows, orchards and hedges. Enter the woods and begin the descent.
Blue markings
(9) At a T-junction, turn left downhill and leave the red and red and yellow markings on your right. Pass an information sign about the Ferme de Presles. A few dozen metres further on, level with the farm, turn left onto a wide gravel track towards Petite Rive. Continue on flat ground, winding slightly between the meadows. At a three-way junction, turn right, with the bell tower of Maxilly church clearly visible, then come out onto a small road (cross on the right).
(10) Cross the road, go through a chicane and take the small lane into a leisure park. At the fork that immediately appears, turn right and go around a playground on the right. Cross a small amphitheatre and, at the end of the lane, turn right, cross a short lawn and join a small road. Follow this road on the left, slightly downhill, to the main village of Maxilly. Cross the D21 road (take care), turn left to cross the Ruisseau de Coppy. From there, either leave the bakery on your right and turn right onto the road until you reach the town hall (marked on the map), or immediately follow a paved lane on the right (blue markings), leave the bakery on your left, join the car park reserved for the town hall and turn left one last time to return to the town hall of Maxilly (S/E).
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