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Start 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 put off by the numerous signposts, which change colour regularly. Stick to the route shown 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 side opposite the town hall, heading from the wine press (*) towards 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. Just before leaving the village (small square with a bench), turn right onto a path. Carry on straight ahead (south-west) until the path turns sharply right towards a copse and joins a wider track.
(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 carry on straight ahead to the Croix de Boissy and the junction with the D227.
(2) Cross the road carefully and continue straight on. Atthe first junction in Féricy, turn left just after the water tower onto Route de Fontainebleau. Immediately afterwards, turn right onto Chemin de Champagne. At the end, turn left onto Rue de la Fontaine. Walk through a small wood and you’ll reach the building housing the spring (*).
(3) Carry on straight ahead until you see the wash house on your right. Walk up to it, then head back round to the other side of the spring building. At the north-east corner, you’ll see the pond with trees growing in it. Then turn left, heading north. Ignore a path branching off to the right and head north-west. At the end of the path, turn right and you’ll come out onto the D107 road.
(4) Follow the road to the right. Just before the cemetery, turn left, walking alongside the castle wall. At the corner of the wall, turn right. Continue straight ahead and pass to the right of the sewage treatment plant. At the end, follow the path to the right to reach Fériciy Church.
(5) Take a moment to admire the church, the (municipal) castle and the Sainte-Osmane Spring. Take Rue de l’Église heading east. Walk past the Sente des Prés du Four and the church farm, and continue to Rue de Lorette. Follow this street to the left, then take Rue de Montceau to the right. Walk through the hamlet of the same name and continue to the junction with Rue du Bon Puits (bench and drinking fountain).
(6) Then take the path on the left and begin the descent into the woods. Next, take thefirst signposted path on the right. Reach the edge of the woods and continue straight on until you reach the small road. Follow this road to the left. Walk down to the Pont de Vallerand bridge over the Ru de la Vallée Javot (*).
(7) Just after the bridge, leave the road and take a signposted path straight ahead. This soon turns left and heads northwards. The path runs alongside the road and then joins it: follow the road northwards. When the road turns left, take thesecond path which leads into the woods on the right (north-east). Follow this path (Route de la Gennerie) to the Mare du Merisier ring (*).
(8) Then take thefirst path on the right. In dry weather, you can take the track that leads down into the pond. Continue along the path at a 90° angle to the right of the one you came along, heading south-east. On leaving the woodland, turn left across the fields. Just before the woodland opposite, turn right at a 90° angle. At the entrance to the woodland, take the path on the left and head downhill. You’ll come to a small road; follow it to the right. You’ll reach the bridge over the Ru de la Vallée Javot.
(9) Continue straight ahead and head back up the road through the hamlet of Villiers to No. 1 Rue de Villiers, with the Place du Puits and the apple mill wheel (*) on your left.
(10) Immediately afterwards, turn left onto Rue de Bailly and follow it down to a wash house on the right (*). Carry on straight ahead. At the T-junction, turn left and head downhill. You’ll reach the bridge over the stream.
(11) Continue along the path which climbs to the right above the stream. Carry on until you pass under the high-voltage power lines.
(12) At the crossroads beneath thefourth power line , take the path leading down to the right. Cross a stream via a footbridge and head up the opposite side into the woods. Then walk alongside the woods on your left. Follow the main path, which turns right then left between the fields. At the end of the path, first turn right then left to reach the cemetery and walk alongside it on your right.
(13) At the corner of the cemetery, follow a road to the right. Take thefirst left at the crossroads, into Rue du Canal des Trous. At the end, turn right onto Rue des Trois Maillets until you reach Machault Church.
(14) Carry on along Rue des Trois Maillets to the town hall (schools). At the town hall, turn right into the passageway and head for the car park (S/E).
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