L'Emprunt walking trail

Thank you, Jacobric
@lain

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Date of your route : Aug 30, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A short hike in the shade, more like a walk... but still enjoyable

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Hello
Yes, it is possible to do the route in reverse. I gave a suggested direction, but you can do the hike in the other direction.
Thanks for the suggestion.
@lain

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Date of your route : Jul 13, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A particularly pleasant short hike in hot weather because, with the exception of two very short sections (Coton and La Forge), the entire route is shaded by beautiful vegetation (with the occasional appearance of a deer). A suggestion. My wife and I have done the route four times and find the descent between 1 and 2 a little unpleasant because the path is steep and resembles the dry, stony bed of a stream (ideal for twisting an ankle). Solution: do the hike in reverse, as the climb between 2 and 1 is less problematic.

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Date of your route : Jul 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant little circular walk (nothing too strenuous) that can be completed without rushing, taking the time to take photos, in an hour and forty minutes (even at seventy-five years old...). Ideal in hot weather because not only is it short, but nine-tenths of the route is shaded by beautiful vegetation. Yellow markings (discreet and recent: 2020).

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Date of your route : May 25, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Route, easy but pleasant for chatting and thinking without risk. Gilles

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Hello
This hike is not long; let's say it's one of those family hikes.
Thank you for your information, which will allow me to review the route.
Alain

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Date of your route : Dec 30, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A beautiful hike through woods and countryside, not forgetting the Morin, but a little short for my liking, so we extended it eastwards to "La Chénée" and westwards to "Saint Georges" and back via Launoy, bringing the distance to 10 km.

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Hello, and thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I am surprised that this path is a private road. However, I will try to contact the Mayor to ask her about it.

However, as you have combined two routes, could you tell me your route and the location of this path? Is it part of the Emprunt hike?

Alain

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Date of your route : Oct 11, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

I combined this route with the one called "Retourneloup and the Saint Hubert spring". So I set off from Sablonnières.

At La Forge, the small path that runs alongside the fields and the Petit Morin is no longer accessible (red and white construction chain across it). A local resident told us that he no longer wanted people to use his path, as fishermen and others showed no respect. When we pointed out that these were communal paths, he told us that there were no communal paths along the Petit Morin.
We need to find out whether this path is public or private.
After extolling the beauty of the paths at La Trétoire and Sablonnières, this resident finally told us that if we followed the small road in front of the barn, we would come to a path that joined the old railway line.

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Date of your route : Sep 21, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It's a (very) short hike, but very pleasant (especially if you enjoy beautiful light, as you're often in the shade). There are very few sections through built-up areas (i.e. on tarmac: twice, and it only takes a few minutes). The return leg is very comfortable: a long, charming forest path that climbs very gently (which is very rare, in fact: most of the time, when you start with a nice descent – as is the case here – you inevitably end up with a steep climb just when your legs are starting to feel a bit heavy...).

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Date of your route : Sep 18, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

An easy, short walk (1½ hours at a pace of 4 km/h). Very pleasant because, apart from the very quick crossing (just a few minutes) of Coton and La Forge, you are constantly surrounded by beautiful, lush greenery, almost always on wide paths through the forest or under arches of greenery (be careful, however, if there has been heavy rain the day before the hike, as some sections may be very muddy or even flooded: good, thick soles are recommended). Comfort is very rare (truly exceptional). The entire return journey to the starting point (roughly from east to west) is along a beautiful, shaded path that climbs very gently, which avoids having to make any difficult climbs just when, on the way back, fatigue begins to set in (if you are no longer in your twenties or if you are out of practice).

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Date of your route : Apr 04, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

As someone who is passionate about the Great War, I enjoyed the first part of the walk. Off the route at a place called La Forge, at the corner of La Grange, take the road for about a hundred metres and read the information about the battle between the British and Germans between the two bridges.

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Date of your route : Mar 17, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Takes about 3 hours with two children aged 5 and 7. Some areas near La Forge can be muddy at times, but otherwise it's a good hike, easily accessible to all.

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Date of your route : Jan 15, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Very pleasant hike, short route with no difficulty. Very enjoyable for getting back into hiking after surgery.

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