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Park in the car park in front of the Halle aux Grains de Mer, Avenue Maunoury.
Signposting: Blue or yellow, continuous line or circle
(S/E) Walk up Avenue Maunoury towards the station. Cross towards the station entrance, continue on the left and take the tunnel under the tracks. Walk down towards the park, follow the wooden footbridge on the right after the first small bridge.
At the signpost, follow the signs for La Tronne, marked with a circle. At the end, turn right, take the stairs and continue left into Impasse des Pichoteries.
Go up Rue Gilbert Philippe and join Rue Haute d'Aulnay.
Turn right and cross carefully towards Rue des Brossillons.
On the left, take Chemin des Fourneaux. At the end of this road, cross Rue de Buray and take the road opposite.
Reach Rue Haute d'Aulnay, cross the road, take care. Turn right, continue along Grande Rue, go up this street towards the water tower. Take care as you continue on the left-hand side of the road. Reach the Source de la Tronne crossroads.
(1) Turn left at a large gate, at a place called Fontaine de Baudisson, go down to admire the Source de la Tronne, and go back up the stairs. Turn left onto a grassy dirt track until you reach a place called Les Grandes Maisons.
(2) Take Rue Basse d'Aulnay, before the cemetery, pass through the garden of the Chapelle d'Aulnay, take the path below, turn left and go down a grassy path, turn right before a footbridge and follow the path along the edge of the Tronne. You will reach the Simon Hémé nursing home.
(3) Walk along it to reach the crossroads with Rue Cour du Moulin. Turn right onto it, then continue along the path that follows it. Then turn right onto Rue Gilbert Philippe, then left onto Rue Basse d'Aulnay. Leave it on the right and take the alley on the left between the houses, follow the lane to the end, turn right, join Rue Basse d'Aulnau and go up towards the Mérolles school.
Follow a grassy path, turn right, then right again towards a car park.
At the end, turn right and join Rue Pierre Loison, heading towards an aqueduct.
Follow the yellow continuity markings, take an alley on the left immediately after passing the aqueduct, cross Rue Bizeray with caution, turn right and follow the river to a footbridge. Follow the yellow round markings. Cross Rue Toutevoie and take Rue de la Fontaine.
Turn left onto Rue Dutemps, then right onto Rue des Pichots.
Return to Avenue Maunoury, turn right before the traffic lights and continue to Place du Novembre 1918.
(4) Pass in front of the statue of General Maunoury, go down a few steps, cross the road and continue straight ahead, on the left, passing under a porch.
Cross Route Nationale D152 with caution and continue along Rue Barreau. On the left, go up Rue des Coteaux to the tower in the town hall courtyard. Cross the road with caution. Opposite, take the narrow streets to Rue Jean Moulin. Follow the yellow markings. Cross Rue Barreau and take the alleyway opposite. Continue to Parc de la Corbillière and climb up to the museum. Admire the remarkable Lebanese cedar tree, then descend towards La Tronne.
(5) Cross the D152 national road again at Place de l'Église, take the pedestrian street Rue Jean et Guy Dutems, turn right onto Rue Lenoir, take an alley on the left, Rue de Pichots, do not go up Avenue Maunoury. Turn left again to rejoin the same semi-pedestrian street via Rue des Moines.
At the end of Rue Dutemps, cross towards a car park, turn right, admire the statue of the goddess Ceres, cross the park towards the market hall, follow the signs to reach the Halle aux Grains car park (S/E).
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