Departure from the church in Rueil-la-Gadelière. Access via the D839 then Route de Launay. Parking near the church.
Yellow markings
(S/E) With your back to the church, follow Route de Launay opposite towards the cemetery. Enter the cemetery where the graves of Vlaminck and his family members are located. Turn left as you enter and follow the path along the wall. When you exit, turn right and follow the road to the D839. Cross carefully.
(1) Take the path opposite, which passes in front of the water collection buildings of the City of Paris, which manages the site and the Avre aqueduct. Turn left then right. Cross the Lamblore stream and, after the bridge, follow the path on the right between the fences. Be careful, another PR® trail, also marked in yellow, goes straight ahead. Continue between the fences, going around the Nouvet farm. You will arrive at the D25.
(2) Cross the D25 carefully and follow the path opposite to the crossroads at the corner of the woods.
(3) Turn right onto the path at the edge of the woods (where it meets the former GR® 35, now the GRP® Vallées de la Blaise et de l'Avre).
White and red markings + yellow markings
Cross the Ruisseau de Buternay stream hidden in the undergrowth. It marks the boundary between the departments of Eure-et-Loir and Eure. Follow the wall and pass in front of the entrance gate to the Château de la Puisaye. Continue to the crossroads in the hamlet of La Puisaye. Leave the PR® which turns left.
Temporary white and red markings should become yellow and red
(4) At the hamlet, cross the crossroads and follow the C199 opposite. The road becomes a path, cutting across the old railway line near a gatekeeper's cottage. You will come to a fork in the path.
(5) Continue straight ahead at the fork in the path. Join the D56, follow it to the left, then cross the D839 very carefully. Follow the road straight ahead and then to the left, which goes around the Saint-Martin rest area. You will come to a signpost indicating the fork in the hiking trails.
White and red markings for the GR®22
(6) Turn right, then climb left towards Chemin de la Follèterie and turn left onto Chemin des Près de Saint-Martin. You will reach a crossroads.
(7) Cross the crossroads carefully and continue straight ahead along the sunken lane, which soon overlooks a road before joining it. Cross the old Verneuil - La Loupe railway line, passing in front of the gatekeeper's cottage. You will reach a cross.
(8) Follow the path on the left. After walking along the edge of a wood, you will come to a fork; leave the GR®22.
No markings
(9) Continue right on the main road. You will arrive at the pond at the entrance to the hamlet of Baudry.
(10) From the pond at the entrance to Baudry, follow the main street to the right until you reach the edge of the hamlet.
(11) Leave the road and follow the path on the right. Continue straight ahead on this path until you reach the church of Rueil-la-Gadelière ( S/E).