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Park in Cuiseaux (Saône-et-Loire), in the car park on the main street (Rue Édouard Vuillard), behind the fountain, next to the Hôtel Vuillot and opposite the Tourist Office.
(S/E) On leaving the car park, on the fountain side, turn left (North) into Rue Édouard-Vuillard and follow it to the large crossroads after the Hôtel de Bourgogne.
Turn right onto Rue des Écoles and follow it to the fork just before the school.
(1) Turn right (North-East) onto Chemin du Pérou, asphalted as far as the retirement home.
Continue straight ahead on the gravel path to the next fork.
(2) Bend right (still North-East) and follow the track, which soon enters the undergrowth and winds its way to a road (D178).
Turn right (East) for approx. 200m, up to the first crossroads.
(3) Leave the road on your left and immediately turn right (East) onto the stony track that climbs up to the village of Chevreaux.
(4) At the entrance to the village, take the 1st street on the left (North), which climbs to the ruins of the castle (free to visit, great view of the Bresse region).
(5) Return to the previous crossroads.
(4) Turn left (East) down Rue du Château, joining the D178.
Continue as far as the crossroads (cross and old fountain) to join the GR® 59, which you follow to the Croix de Gizia lookout (also known as the Chanelet lookout).
Follow the GR®, taking the road to the left (North/North-East) until it bends to the right.
(6) Take the grassy path down to the left (North/North-West) and follow it to the village of Layau.
(7) Go around the church, leaving it on your right, and continue eastwards on the GR®, which soon bends Northwards and then Westwards, joining a small tarmac road.
Go right (North) up to a crossroads marked by an oratory.
(8) Turn right (South-East) onto a small tarmac road and follow it until it bends to the left.
Keep to the right (South/South-East) as the path climbs and, after a few steps, joins the road.
Follow it to the right for a few metres until you come to a cross.
(9) Turn left (North-East) onto the path which climbs steeply along the meadow, then through the undergrowth, to the village of Châtel, almost entirely occupied by a religious institution (including a retirement home).
Cross the village to the (modern) fountain.
Turn left up the road to the Croix de Gizia lookout (shelter, picnic area, viewpoint over the Gizia ravine and the village of the same name).
(10) At the lookout, turn back onto the road (South-West) for 150m.
Leave the GR® and climb to the left (South/South-West) on the wide forest track marked in Yellow.
Follow this path, which winds more or less always south/South-West, first wide, then narrower, then wider again, until, shortly after leaving the forest, you come to a perpendicular path.
(11) Go left downhill to the road.
Cross it in a hairpin bend and continue (South) on the track (you're now back on the GR® 59, which you'll follow as far as a place called 'Marie').
Continue straight ahead until you reach the left-hand bend, then the fork.
Turn right (East/South-East) on the path which climbs towards a telecommunications mast, then right (South/South-West) onto a small tarmac road.
(12) Go right (South/South-West) down the road which passes the Grande Forêt farm (views over the Bresse plain) and heads towards a new telecommunications tower.
Just before the tower, turn left along a grassy track that leads to an orientation table.
Continue Southwards, following the bushes, until you reach the road just before it turns right.
(13) At the bend, leave the road and follow the GR® straight ahead (South) to a crossroads.
Continue right (West) on the GR® to the Yellow signs just before the hamlet of Marie.
Leave the GR® and turn right (North-West) onto a shady path between meadows, which leads to a small tarmac road near the Bois du Bougeon.
(14) Cross the road and go straight ahead (North/North-West) on a track that descends into the forest until it forks (not shown on the map).
Turn right and continue downhill until the track rises again.
(15) Just before this, turn left (West/South-West), downhill, on the stony track which comes up at an angle from the left, to another fork in the road (also not shown on the map).
Continue downhill to the right, until you reach a tarmac road near the Cuiseaux cemetery (chapel). Follow the road to the right.
(16) Cross the rampart through the fortified gate (Porte du Verger) to the fountain.
Turn left to reach a small square. Pass under the arch on the right.
Cross the square, leaving the church and town hall on your right.
Turn right (North) into Rue Saint-Thomas and go to the next crossroads.
Turn left (West) into Rue des Lombards until you reach Rue Édouard Vuillard.
Turn left (South) to reach the starting point in just a few metres(S/E).
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