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Departure from Saint-Denis Church in Jouy-le-Comte. Parking is available in one of the three small car parks located on Rue du Maréchal Joffre, two south of the church at the intersection with Sentier du Ru de Jouy, and one north just behind the church.
No signposts
(S/E) Facing the church and the school, take Rue des Maillets towards the Jouy-le-Comte cemetery (sign). At the fork at No. 5bis, turn left into the lane that goes uphill. After a bend to the right, pass the entrance to a private property on your right (signs warning against trespassing) and continue straight ahead along a sunken path. You will come out onto the plateau.
(1) At the junction with theGR®1(no signpost here due to lack of support), continue straight ahead (west) along a path between the fields that gradually curves to the left (south-west). At the next junction, level with a copse on your left, turn right towards another copse. After passing this copse (on your right), you will reach the Croix des Friches (stone cross).
Yellow markings
(2) Continue in the same direction (north-west). Enter the woods and find the first yellow marker. Descend along a sunken path with a fence on your left. Cross a track and continue downhill. You will come out onto a small road (stone cross).
Yellow + red and white signpost
(3) Follow the small road on the right. At a private property on the right, the road gives way to a path between two hedges. Shortly after the junction with a path coming from the left, turn right at the corner of a field. Enter a wood, turn left and climb gently through the undergrowth. Pass a path coming from the right and reach a crossroads.
No signposts
(4) Leave thePR® andGR® markings on your right and continue straight ahead (north) on a small road which further on gives way to a wide gravel path between private property fences.
(5) At the junction with Chemin des Moutons, continue north-west towards Nesles-la-Vallée (sign at the corner, look behind you to find the inscription "Nesles-la-Vallée"). Come out between fields, pass under the high-voltage lines and enter the woods again.
Yellow markings
(6) At the next crossroads, turn right and follow the signs for "Polissoir" (sign). Go straight ahead into the forest for about 300m. At the crossroads, turn left and head north (another yellow sign continues straight ahead; there is an explanatory diagram just before the crossroads, follow the signs for paths - CH - nos. 1, 5 and 7). At the next crossroads (red marker indicating an underground oil pipeline), leave the yellow signs for a moment and turn right into the wide lane. Look for a sign for "Polissoir" high up on a birch tree on the left: make your way through the ferns to quickly reach the polissoir (information sign).
(7) Retrace your steps and turn left into the wide lane. At the next junction (red marker), turn right and follow the yellow markers. At the next junction, continue straight ahead (yellow marker "CH3") and go down the gentle slope. At the T-junction, turn left onto Chemin Rural du Bois Brulé (sign).
(8) At the crossroads, turn right, go past a forest barrier and continue along the edge of the woods on your left and the field on your right. At the corner of the woods, continue straight ahead and pass under the high-voltage power lines. Walk between the fields and then along the edge of the copses on your left.
(9) Before reaching Chemin des Moutons (sign), leave the yellow markings for a moment and turn left onto a wide path at the edge of a small wasteland; at the end, turn left and follow the yellow markings (marker post on the right). Further on, take a hairpin bend to the right (gate in the hollow of the bend) and descend onto a small road.
Without markings
(10) At the crossroads, ignore the yellow markings and turn right into Rue du Maréchal Joffre. Walk alongside a horse pasture on your left and note the beautiful farmhouse and dovecote behind it. Follow the street south-southeast, ignoring the perpendicular lanes. At the stop sign, continue straight ahead, still on Rue du Maréchal Joffre, and climb gently towards the church, whose bell tower is clearly visible. At the corner of the small car park just before the church, you can make a quick detour to see a wash house located at the bottom of the path that branches off to the left (chicane). Then return to the church (S/E).
Visorando Member
Difficult 
Association / Club / Walk leader
Easy 
