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Start from the Chalou-Moulineux cemetery, Rue des Vignes. Parking is available in the small car park next to the cemetery along the street (see other options in the practical information section).
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(S/E) Follow Rue des Vignes away from the village and walk along the cemetery on your left. The tarmac soon gives way to a farm track and, after a shed on the right, to a grassy path. After a metal gate, walk downhill along a fence on your right. After passing between two hedges, you will reach a T-junction.
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Then follow the path on the left (this is theGRP® du Hurepoix) and climb slightly.
(1) At the top of the hill, turn right at an acute angle onto a farm track. After a few metres (no signpost here), at the corner of an EDF electricity substation, continue straight ahead (east-northeast) on a grassy path (let the track turn left). Note the bell tower of Moulineux church emerging above the trees on your right. Follow a hedge on your right, then pass a beautiful isolated walnut tree on your left. Further on, descend between two hedges, then into a wood, and you will come out onto the D160 road.
(2) Take the road on the left (north-west; ignore the Chemin d'Ézeaux on the right). Follow the road for about 900 m.
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(3) At the corner of a large farm building on the right, continue straight ahead on the road (leave theGRP® trail on your left) and pass the Chaleau-Saint-Mars exit sign on your left.
(4) At the corner of No. 37, at the foot of the "Beaumont" bus stop, turn right onto a grassy path (be careful to spot this discreet start). Weave your way between hedges and garden fences, then cross a stream on a footbridge (there is a wash house in poor condition on the left). Then turn left onto a wide grassy bench and follow the Chalouette river on your right. Ignore the first bridge and cross the river on the second one. Follow a large farm on your left and you will come to a crossroads.
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(5) Turn right at an acute angle, follow a property wall on your left and follow theGR®111. After the last house, the tarmac gives way to a grassy path that enters a wood. Walk through the undergrowth on flat ground for about 1.5 km until you reach a small tarmac road.
(6) Follow the road to the left and walk along a wall on your right. At a fork, take the right-hand path. After a few metres, just before the gate of a house, turn right onto a footpath. Turn left, leave a tennis court on your right and go around the house and its garden on the right. Continue along a narrow path and follow the Chalouette on your right. After a fence on the right, you will come to a wider path. Follow it to the right (houses).
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(7) At the crossroads, turn right and take the path between the pond and the street (beautiful view). After the pond, continue for a few dozen metres along Rue de la Chaussée de l'Étang to enjoy a variety of views of the bell tower of Moulineux church and the buildings surrounding it.
(8) Retrace your steps and walk along the pond again.
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(7) Back at the crossroads, turn right. At the end of the tarmac road, at the corner of a wall, turn right again (no signpost here) and walk along the horse paddocks on your left. Go through a forest gate and take the path closed to motorised vehicles that enters the woods. Still in the undergrowth, the path gives way to a trail that winds between some rocks on the left and a few marshy areas on the right. Go through a forest gate and you will reach the Source Sainte-Appoline (wash house, statue).
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(9) Turn right at the corner of the statue (leave theGR® andGRP® trails straight ahead) and take the wide grassy path that starts at the foot of a beautiful weeping willow. Climb between the gate of a property on your right and large buildings on your left. At an old gate, cross a tarmac lane (Voie des Hospitaliers) and continue climbing the wide path. At the top of the hill, continue on the tarmac road, then turn right to reach the front of the church.
(10) Climb the steps on the right and go around the church on the right to see its bell tower and chevet. Retrace your steps (it is not possible to go around the church).
(10) With your back to the church entrance, continue to the right and go up Rue des Templiers. Cross Place du Jeu de Paume. At Place Saint-Aignan, take the street on the right and leave the war memorial on your left. At the stop sign, first turn left then right onto Rue des Trembles and walk alongside the school on your left. When you reach the football stadium, turn right, cross a lawn and you will find the cemetery car park (S/E).
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