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Departure from the village of Apremont, a few kilometres south of Rosny-sur-Seine. Park in the small car park at the end of Rue du Manoir (half a dozen spaces). If there are no spaces available, park in the adjacent streets, particularly Rue du Beauvoyer, heading towards the D114.
Red and white markings (sparingly)
(S/E) Facing the manor gate (no. 6), turn left, leave the wash house on your left and turn right at the corner of the wall. Climb up through the undergrowth on a grassy path that becomes hollow and ignore the vague paths branching off to the sides. Continue on flat ground at the edge of the woods on your right. Come out onto the D114, follow it to the left uphill and enter La Belle Côte.
Red and white + orange markings (sparingly used)
(1) At the corner of No. 22, turn right onto Chemin du Clos Nonand, lined with poplar trees. Facing a gate, turn left onto a path and walk along the right-hand side of a large brick building. Continue through the undergrowth, passing a pond on your left and then another on your right, until you reach a crossroads (car park on the left).
(2) Cross the tarmac road and, on the other side, take the path furthest to the right (do not follow the Sentier du Poirier Godard, signposted). Descend slightly and you will arrive at the Mare du Désert (on your right).
(3) Ignore the path coming from the left and continue straight ahead. Stay west-southwest on the main path, which is occasionally flanked by a parallel path on the right-hand side. Pass a forest barrier on the right-hand side, ignore a path branching off to the right and, at a fork (plot no. 61), turn right. Walk along the fields on the left-hand side while remaining inside the forest and, after a bend to the right, you will come to a crossroads (map).
Yellow markings (rare)
(4) Then take the first path on the right, which climbs between plots nos. 46 and 61. Further on, walk northwards, on fairly level ground, through a forest of oak trees. Ignore a path branching off to the right (plots nos. 47 and 61) and continue straight ahead. At a three-way junction (not shown on the map), turn left downhill.
(5) At the next fork, before leaving the forest (a few pine trees), turn right and walk up the edge of the forest with a beautiful sloping lawn on your left (viewpoint). Enter the forest again and wind your way through a forest of oak trees with a few beech trees. Descend under the pine forest, walk along a lawn on your left, ignore a path on your right and climb up the edge of the lawn on your left. Return to the forest and come out onto a sunken path descending from right to left.
No markings
On the following section, the path taken at the start and a few paths crossed further on are not shown on the IGN map.
(6) Cross the sunken path and continue straight ahead on a trail. Make a right turn and then continue north-east on a wider path. Ignore a path on the right and then, a few metres further on (large oak tree marked with the number 2), ignore a path on the left and continue north-east. At the boundary between plots 11 and 12, ignore a path on the right and descend gently into a beech forest. At elevation 115 (large beech tree on the left), turn right onto the path.
(7) At the next crossroads (plot no. 3), looking back, a sign tells us that we were following the Route Tournante. Then turn sharply left (old red cross). Descend along a path and pass directly below the large beech tree spotted earlier.
Yellow markings (rare)
(8) Find the marked path and follow it downhill to the right. At the bottom, at a T-junction, turn right. Walk along the bottom of a small valley and ignore the mountain bike tracks coming down from the right.
(9) Facing a forest barrier, turn right and, at the fork that immediately appears (not shown on the map), turn right uphill. At the next fork, turn left, pass under a power line in a clearing and then re-enter the forest. Descend, ending with a right-left turn.
(10) Pass a forest barrier on your right and continue north-east. Ignore a path on the right (not shown on the map), veer left and climb steeply. At the top of the hill, turn right, pass a three-trunk oak tree on your right and continue north-east. Pass a forest barrier and, at the T-junction immediately ahead, turn right. This will take you to Carrefour Henry.
No markings
(11) At Carrefour Henry, go through the forest gate and continue straight ahead, leaving plot no. 20 on your left. Follow the east-southeast path marked with yellow signs with two sides, through a forest of oak and birch trees.
(12) At the crossroads (plots 21 and 23), take the first path on the right (south-east). At the junction with a forest track (large central circle), continue straight ahead on a wide, open path.
(13) At the next junction (plots nos. 41A and 40A), turn left onto a shaded path. At the Grand Maître crossroads (plots nos. 43 and 42), turn right (south-east) onto a wide path. At the next crossroads (plots nos. 72 and 52), continue straight ahead and pass a small pond on your right.
(14) At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead and begin to descend gently. Further on, the descent becomes very steep. At the bottom, turn left, cross a stream and cross the D114 (take care).
(15) Follow the D114 to the right and, after a few dozen metres, take the small road on the left towards Apremont. Ignore a street on the right, enter Apremont and ignore another street on the right. At the stop sign, turn right into Rue du Manoir and you will quickly find the car park (S/E).
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