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The start of this hike is located in the car park of the church in Vaujours.
You can get there by car or public transport. Bus 642 serves the Vert Galant and Le Chenay-Gagny stations on the RER B and E lines. Get off at the Giffard or Montauban stop, depending on the direction of the bus.
(S/E) When you leave the church car park, turn left and go up the path that runs alongside the cemetery wall until you reach the gate.
(1) From here, you have a panoramic view of the plain, with Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in the distance. Continue up this path between two wire fences, then turn left at the end of the "Les Jardins du Renard" residence.
(2). Go down the steps to Rue de Coubron.
Turn right into this street, then a few metres further on, turn right again and continue climbing until you reach the roundabout. Please note that traffic can be heavy and there is no pavement for about 200 metres.
Once at the roundabout, cross it to go opposite onto the Route du Bois de Bernouille, which slopes downwards and has pavements.
Continue to the Promenade de la Dhuis (markedGR®14A, parallel white and red lines), which crosses it in the bend.
(3) Turn left to follow the Promenade de la Dhuis eastwards.
It winds its way along a gentle curve. At the 1127 hectometre marker, it is blocked by two rows of metal arches.
(4) Leave theGR®, turn right and descend the path markedPR® (a yellow line). After about 200 m, turn right, then 100 m further on, turn left. The path passes through the middle of a field.
Continue to a wide stony path.
(5) At the crossroads, take a recent carriageway on the right, which is not yet shown on the IGN map. Continue until you reach the crossroads with Chemin de Montauban. Take the Sentier des Plâtrières opposite, which will take you to Clos de Bréon. This is a small vineyard maintained by the Confrérie des Compagnons du Clos de Bréon.
(6) Turn left onto the vineyard path. When you reach Rue de Vaujours, opposite the Parc de la Mairie de Coubron, turn left.
Rue de Vaujours curves to the right and ends at Rue Jean Jaurès.
Cross the crossroads and take Rue Raoul Larche. At the next crossroads, cross and turn right into Impasse Allée du Parc, which climbs towards the forest.
When you reach Rue des Châtaigniers, turn left onto thePR® marked trail, which will take you to a gate at the entrance to the Bondy Regional Forest. The forest is completely fenced in.
(7) Once in the forest, continue uphill until you reach a crossroads with a large sign showing a map of the estate.
Follow thePR®, which is the second path on the left. It descends and turns right at the lower part of the forest.
(8) At the next crossroads, turn right, still following thePR®, which leads to a small pond. Turn right then left, and the path runs along the bank of this pond until you reach the earthen dam of the Étang Virginie.
(9). At the foot of the embankment, turn right to climb up onto it, then turn left.
Cross the embankment and, when you reach the end, turn right, continuing to follow the PR®.
(10) At the Étang Isabelle, continue straight ahead and pass by the Fontaine Frère Jean, protected by a metal balustrade and located below. A little further on, at the crossroads, take thePR® signposted path that starts straight ahead, leaving the beautiful track on your right.
Be careful not to turn onto the dyke separating the two ponds on your right. It is easy to do if you are not paying attention.
Follow the path to the next dyke, which you will reach near the small bridge over the Étang Dominique spillway. Turn left and then immediately right to follow the path that winds its way to a track that you will take on the right. After the stream, take the wider track on the left. This is still the PR®.
Continue along this path until it crosses another path at an angle.
Be careful! Continue straight ahead; from this point, you are leaving the PR®.
A little further on, at the crossroads, you will come to a red and whiteGR® sign. Take it to the left, then turn left again a few metres further on and follow it to the crossroads where you will see a large masonry fence. Turn right and follow this fence to the Étang Beauclair.
(11) Leave theGR® and go around the pond, turning right. A little further on, you will come to the Promenade de la Dhuis, easily recognisable by its two tracks separated by a grassy central reservation, at hectometre marker 1173.
Turn right and follow this path to the gate at the exit of the forest
(12). From there, you can see the traffic lights on your right that protect the main entrance to the park. Cross the road (D136) at the pedestrian crossing and continue your walk along the Promenade de la Dhuis until it crosses the Route du Bois de Bernouille
(3). Turn left and walk up to the roundabout. Cross it and walk down Rue de Coubron until you reach the steps on the left of the Résidence Les Jardins du Renard.
Climb the stairs and continue along this path, which will take you back to the church car park (S/E).
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