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The hike starts at Place de Violaine (S) in Nanteuil-sur-Marne (Aisne).
Leave the square by turning left onto Rue Neuve de la Liberté.
Walk uphill until you reach a small tarmac road marked GR®.
GR® markings (red and white)
(1) Turn right and follow this road, which runs alongside vineyards on the right.
(2) At the left-hand bend in the road, turn right onto the farm track that leads to the vineyard. Go to the end of the track and, at the T-junction, turn left and then, after about 100 metres, turn right.
Continue for 200 metres and, at the T-junction, turn left for about 50 metres and then right. The track leads to the D84.
(3) Turn left and then, after about 50 metres, turn right onto another farm track.
After 500 metres, keep to the right and, after another 500 metres, at the T-junction, turn right onto the track that descends to a fork where you turn left. Continue to the D842
(4). Cross the D842 and continue straight ahead to reach the hamlet where the track ends at Rue Rudenoise.
(5) At the junction at the end of the street, turn left onto Rue Emile Morlot in the village of Charly-sur-Marne.
Cross the village following this street to reach a crossroads.
(6) Turn left towards La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. Walk past the police station and, after 200 metres, turn right at a 90° angle onto the track that runs alongside a farm shed on the left, then vineyards.
At the end of this track, take the path that becomes a narrow passage between buildings and leads to an alleyway in the hamlet of Ruvet.
(7) Turn left to see, about fifty metres away, a wash house decorated to illustrate Jean de La Fontaine's fable "The Fox and the Grapes".
Retrace your steps and turn left onto Rue des Babets, which quickly becomes a path ending in a street near the BGLC wine press.
(8) Turn left and then immediately right onto the concrete track that climbs up the hillside. This track turns right after about 300 metres. Continue straight ahead at each junction and you will come to a T-junction where theGR® turns left.
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(9) Leave theGR® and turn right onto the track that descends for a few metres. At the intersection, turn left onto the track that roughly follows a contour line until it reaches a T-junction with a track markedGR®.
GR® markings (red and white)
(10) Turn right onto this track, which further down turns into a sunken lane ending at Rue de Montoizelle, where you turn right.
At the junction, descend to the level of the road (the D969) by taking the few steps of the staircase in front of you. Cross the road and continue along Rue du Bac to the banks of the Marne, where you turn right and walk alongside a picnic area a little further on.
(11) Go under the bridge and turn right to climb up to the road and cross the Marne.
You are now entering Nogent-l'Artaud. Continue straight ahead, cross the railway level crossing and follow Grande Rue until you reach Rue Porteneuve, where theGR® turns left.
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(12) Leave theGR® and continue along Grande Rue until you reach Rue Gallien, where you turn right, then, a few metres further on, continue along Ruelle de la Chênée on the left.
At the end of this street, continue straight on along Rue de la Chênée and head towards Chemin des Gravelles. This road climbs steadily until it crosses a footpath above the Dhuys Aqueduct (which can also be spelled Dhuis, as on the IGN map).
(13) Turn right and follow the Promenade de la Dhuys. Hectometre markers make it easy to find your way. Walk to marker PH400 (hectometre point 400).
(14) Turn right onto the path that descends towards the village of Pavant. The path connects to Rue Bruneau, which meets Chemin des Chapelles. Walk down Rue Bruneau to Rue Jean de La Fontaine, then turn left. You will pass two fountains before arriving at Rue de Bassevelle.
(15) Turn left and continue along this road. You will pass another fountain and, after walking alongside the cemetery, turn left onto the path that climbs just after a small picnic area with a single table. This will take you to the Promenade de la Dhuys.
Continuing on, you will pass over engineering structures (bridges and siphons) that allow the path to cross the small valleys it encounters. After walking for 2.5 to 3 km, you will reach a tarmac road. Turn right onto this road.
(16) Turn right and, at the next crossroads near a covered water tank, turn left into Rue des Meules, then 200 metres further on, take the path on the right.
Walk along the field and, when you reach the end, cross the street to continue along the side of a large triangular embankment, approximately in line with the path you have just left, on theGR® marked trail in front of you.
GR® markings (red and white)
(17) Follow this path, which turns 90° to the left to cross the fields, then turn right 300 metres further on. Continue around a property located on the edge of the railway line below and you will arrive on the D55 near Nanteuil station.
(18) Turn right and continue. After crossing the Marne, you will enter Nanteuil.
Follow Rue du Bac opposite, then Rue Neuve de la Liberté, which will take you back to Place de Violaine.
The walk is now complete.
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