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Depart from the car park at Machault Town Hall, at 24 Rue des Trois Maillets or opposite 5 Rue de Villiers.
N.B. Do not be concerned by the numerous markings, which change colour regularly. Stick to the route on the map and the description.
The (*) symbols refer to the section "During the walk or nearby".
(S/E) Leave the car park on the opposite side to the town hall, going from the wine press (*) to the boules court. Join Rue de Villiers and follow it to the left. At the junction with Rue des Trois Maillets, take Rue de Champagne opposite. Shortly before the village exit (small square with a bench), turn right onto a path. Continue straight ahead (south-west) until the path turns sharply right towards a copse and joins a larger path.
(1) Follow this wide path straight ahead, then turn right towards the farm (the path is not private). Turn left in front of the farm and continue straight ahead to the Croix de Boissy and the junction with the D227.
(2) Cross the road carefully and continue straight ahead. Atthe first crossroads in Féricy, turn left just after the water tower, onto Route de Fontainebleau. Immediately after, turn right onto Chemin de Champagne. At the end, turn left onto Rue de la Fontaine. Cross a small wood and you will arrive at the spring building (*).
(3) Continue straight ahead to see the wash house on your right. Walk to it, then turn back on the other side of the spring building. At the north-east corner, you will see the basin where the trees are growing. Then turn left, heading north. Ignore a path on the right and head north-west. At the end of the path, turn right and you will come out onto the D107 road.
(4) Follow the road to the right. Just before the cemetery, turn left along the castle wall. At the corner of the wall, turn right. Continue straight ahead and pass to the right of the water treatment plant. At the end, follow the path to the right to reach the church of Fériciy.
(5) Admire the church, the castle (municipal) and the Sainte-Osmane spring. Take Rue de l'Église eastwards. Pass in front of the Sente des Prés du Four and the church farm and continue to Rue de Lorette. Follow this street to the left, then Rue de Montceau to the right. Cross the hamlet of the same name and go to the crossroads with Rue du Bon Puits (bench and fountain).
(6) Then take the path on the left and begin the descent into the woods. Next, take thefirst marked path on the right. Reach the edge of the woods and continue straight ahead until you reach the small road. Follow this road to the left. Descend to the Pont de Vallerand bridge over the Ru de la Vallée Javot stream (*).
(7) Just after the bridge, leave the road and take a marked path opposite. This soon turns left and heads north. The path runs alongside the road and then joins it: follow the road north. When the road turns left, take thesecond path on the right into the woods (north-east). Follow this path (Route de la Gennerie) to the Mare du Merisier roundabout (*).
(8) Then take thefirst path on the right. In dry weather, you can take the path that descends into the pond. Set off again on the path 90° to the right of the one you arrived on, heading south-east. When you leave the woods, turn left across the fields. Just before the woods opposite, turn right at a 90° angle. At the entrance to the woods, take the path on the left and go downhill. Find a small road and follow it to the right. You will arrive at the bridge over the Ru de la Vallée Javot.
(9) Continue straight ahead and go up the road to cross the hamlet of Villiers to No. 1 Rue de Villiers with, on your left, the Place du Puits and the apple mill wheel (*).
(10) Immediately afterwards, turn left onto Rue de Bailly and follow it downhill until you reach a wash house on the right (*). Continue straight ahead. At the T-junction, turn left and go downhill. You will arrive at the bridge over the stream.
(11) Continue along the path that climbs up to the right above the stream. Continue until you pass under the high-voltage power lines.
(12) At the crossroads under thefourth line , take the path that descends to the right. Cross a stream on a footbridge and go up opposite into the woods. Then walk along the woods on your left. Follow the main path that turns right and then left between the fields. At the end of the path, first turn right then left to reach the cemetery and walk along it on your right.
(13) At the corner of the cemetery, follow a road to the right. Take thefirst left at the cross, Rue du Canal des Trous. At the end, follow Rue des Trois Maillets to the right until you reach the church in Machault.
(14) Continue straight ahead on Rue des Trois Maillets until you reach the town hall (schools). When you reach the town hall, turn right into the passageway and head towards the car park (S/E).
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