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The start is in the car park next to the church in Moutiers-en-Puisaye.
(S/E) Head towards the wash house, then turn left at the first junction. Continue along this small road and take the first path on the left down to the river.
(1) Cross the river via the footbridge or by wading, depending on the season. When you reach the end of the path, before the first house and even before you reach the tarmac, turn left onto the path that follows the garden hedge (there is an entrance to a private property about ten metres before this). This path entrance is very inconspicuous; look for the marker post on the embankment on the left and the path entrance will be more visible between the hedge and the fence. Head into the woodland, following the railway line, sometimes above it, sometimes at the same level.
(2) Halfway along, on your right, pass the entrance leading to the Bâtisse pottery.
(3). A little further on, on your left, you’ll have a lovely view of the old abbey and the church at Moutiers. When you reach the road, cross the level crossing onto the D85, then the D151.
(4) Take the path on the left, follow the edge of the woods to the first T-junction, then turn left (ignore the path on the right which continues along the edge of the woods). This section of the path is not shown on the IGN map. Then, at the next junction, turn right to follow the fields (the path is now marked on the map). A distant view of the Saracen tower and the Château de Saint-Sauveur comes into view. Upon reaching the hamlet of Les Michauts, turn left. In front of an old, filled-in pond, turn left, then left again onto the next street, which ends as a dirt track at No. 15.
(5) Pass the first (private) pond on your left and continue along the main path through the woods to reach the hamlet of Les Boulmiers.
(6) Turn right and continue along the road for 500 m. A few steps before the house on the right, take a path on the left (it merges with a field entrance). Follow this sunken path uphill until you reach a road.
(7) Cross it straight ahead, then head back down a dirt track. When you reach a well-marked path, ignore the path going uphill to the left and turn right. You’ll emerge in front of the Étang de Moutiers.
(8) Follow the embankment and turn left just before the railway line. The path runs alongside the pond for a good part of the way (avoid taking the old railway line). You will reach a bridge carrying the railway line (Pont Cobaty).
(9) Cross it and head down a small path on the left, located about 120 m after the bridge. Follow this path through the woods to reach the road. Take this road by turning right and proceed to the junction with the D85. Cross the railway line and the D85, then turn left immediately after this junction onto the road leading back to Moutiers to return to the starting car park (S/E).
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