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Start at the car park near the Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre.
Yellow-Red markings (GRP® de Châteaux en Châteaux)
(S/E) With your back to the château, turn right onto Rue Henri Goyer towards Cheverny. Turn left immediately after crossing the Bièvre, onto Rue de la Fontaine de Biétry.
(1) Turn left onto the gravel track. This crosses the Arvau and then, opposite a pond, intersects a cross-road. Turn left onto the gravel path preceded by a narrow street, Rue de l’Arvaux. The gravel path heads north, becoming tarmac for 75 metres as it merges with Rue du Grand Clos. Leave the gravel path where it bends left, continuing along a grassy track that runs between the vines.
(2) Turn right onto a cross-cutting gravel track, then immediately left onto a grassy path, still heading north. This crosses a cultivated area and then runs alongside a small wood.
(3) 100 metres past the small wood, keep left at the fork to reach the vineyards again.
No continuous signposting
(4) Turn left onto a grassy path just after the hamlet of Montcrochet, recognisable by its dovecote (yellow directional signposting towards ‘Du Mousseau’, ‘De Tarilly’). The route crosses a narrow street.
(5) At the fork, keep left (yellow directional signs towards 'la Chaumine'). Continue straight on at the first junction, then keep right at the next one, still following signs for 'Du Mousseau', 'De Tarilly' (yellow directional signs).
(6) At the fork, keep left to move away from the vineyard. The grassy lane crosses the D7, which you should cross with care as the junction is at the exit of a bend, offering poor visibility. The grassy lane eventually intersects a narrow cross street.
(7) Turn left onto the small street, cross the Bièvre, then turn right at the hamlet of Ste Marie onto another grassy path (yellow directional markings towards ‘la Chaumine’).
(8) Turn left at the junction with the Route de Sambin, which you will leave after 200 metres to take a grassy lane on the left. Ignore the various side paths until you reach the crossroads with yellow directional markings.
(9) Turn left towards 'De Tarilly'. The path becomes tarmac at the hamlet of De Tarilly.
(10) Leave the tarmac by taking the first path on the right. The grassy track crosses a compacted track before joining the D52, which you follow to the left. Turn immediately right just before the sign indicating the entrance to Fougères-sur-Bièvre. The grassy track leads onto Rue des Bordes, which you take to the left, leading directly to the château, the starting point of the walk (S/E)
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