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The departure point is Place de la Mairie, where there is parking for four or five cars.
(S/E) Take Grande-rue, then turn right onto Rue des Moulins and continue straight ahead onto Rue du Bordet. Until you reach Étoges, you will be walking on theGRP® Thibaut de Champagne trail, but there are few signposts.
(1) Just after the last house, turn left onto the tarmac path that climbs up through the vineyards. You will arrive at the edge of the woods. Stay on the path, which runs between the woods and the vineyards. There is a beautiful view of the Saint-Gond marshes. After one kilometre, the path enters the woods without changing direction.
(2) At the crossroads, turn right. Cross the meadow and walk to the vineyard, then turn left.
(3) Cross the small road and continue straight ahead. At the next crossroads, turn right, then left. Walk past the church without changing direction.
(4) At the crossroads after the church, turn right into Rue des Chauffours.
(5) Before the last house, turn left onto Chemin de Villers, which enters the vineyard. Continue along this path to the village of Étoges. At the first houses in Étoges, turn left and walk to the entrance of Château d'Étoges.
(6) Château d'Étoges. You can enter the grounds. The château is a luxury hotel. Continue in the same direction until you reach Grande Rue. In front of the Malborough Fountain, turn left onto Grande Rue.
After 100 metres, turn right onto Route de Montmort. Walk along the footpath behind the hedge on the right-hand side. Pass the pretty wash house and picnic area, then take the hairpin bend to the right onto Rue Landot.
Then take Rue Saint Antoine on the left. After the church, go down the steps on the right. When you reach the Town Hall, turn right onto Grande Rue, then take the first left (Rue des Soeurs).
(7) At the crossroads, turn left onto Rue Richebourg. This street crosses vineyards and leads to the D343. At the stop sign, turn right and walk 200 metres along the side of the road.
(8) Take the first path on the left. This path enters the vineyard, then passes between vineyards and fields.
(9) At the first crossroads, turn left. Pass in front of the sewage treatment plant, and after 200 metres, turn right. The path passes through fields, then joins a vineyard.
(10) At the end of the vineyard, turn left. This path passes through fields and joins a small road.
(11) When you reach the road, turn right. At the bend, continue straight ahead along the path that runs alongside the vineyards, then join the small road at the entrance to the village of Toulon-la-Montagne. Pass in front of the church, then turn left towards Vert Toulon. Walk to the picnic area.
(12) At the picnic area, continue in the same direction along a dirt track that passes in front of the information board and the glass recycling bin. Continue straight ahead through woods and fields until you reach a vineyard in the middle of the woods.
(13) At the vineyard, turn right then left, walking along one side of the vineyard. At the corner of the vineyard, take the path opposite that continues through the woods. After 800 metres, the path runs alongside the vineyards again.
(14) At the crossroads, turn right onto the path that runs alongside the vineyards. This path crosses two vineyard paths perpendicularly. One of the crossings is quite steep.
(15) At the end of the vineyard, follow the path opposite, lined with electric fences. Walk to the pumping station, then to the D243.
(16) At the road, turn right. You can walk along the field.
(17) When you see the menhir, take the path on the right. Stay on this path, which follows a drainage ditch, turning left and leading to the first houses in Congy.
(18) When you reach the village, turn left onto Rue des Prés. Walk past the school and continue to Rue de Joches.
(19) At the crossroads, turn right towards the village centre. Take Rue Saint Rémy and walk to Place de la Mairie (E).
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