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Park on Rue du Besguay or just above it in the fire station car park.
(S/E) In front of the fire station, head towards the retirement home, take Chemin de Croix Mesnil which passes in front of it, then you will reach a crossroads on the edge of the forest.
(1) Continue straight ahead, walk along a long wall and the Château de la Croix Mesnil, and you will reach a crossroads just after the château.
(2) Turn left and walk past two small towers and the front of the château at the end of the park. Follow this road to the Maisons Blanches.
(3) Turn right onto Chemin aux Ânes. After 500 metres, just before you reach the D2, take a path perpendicular to the left (not very well marked).
(4) Follow this path until you reach the Carrefour de Lacroix Vaubois car park. Cross the road and head straight ahead towards the Croix des Fusillés. Pass it and continue on to Mortemer Abbey.
(5) Keep to the right, reach the abbey gatehouse, go around it keeping it on your left (entrance to the abbey), then cross the Ruisseau de Fouillebroc stream.
Take the path on the left, marked with white markers.
Walk along the abbey and then the ponds. After the last pond, join a small forest road and continue up the Fouillebroc. Take a detour to the left along a small path to reach Sainte-Catherine Chapel and its spring.
(6) Return to the right on the road and quickly reach the source of the Fouillebroc, where there are a few picnic tables for a break.
(7) Continue along the road, which makes a 90° left turn, and you will reach the Carrefour des Quatre Cantons, where there is a bus shelter.
(8) Continue along the forest road in front of you.
Alternative route: to shorten the route, take the path on the left, which is the Route Forestière du Puchay, which joins the Carrefour des Veneurs.
Continue along the forest road for 350 metres until you reach a crossroads with four paths. Look for the small path that branches off to the right.
(9) Take this small path uphill on the right and join the Route Forestière des Amfrevilles.
(10) Turn left onto this road. Immediately cross the D6 and turn onto the Route Forestière des Bordins opposite. Continue along a straight section to reach the Arboretum des Bordins.
(11) Continue along the Route des Bordins until you reach the next crossroads.
(12) Take the path on the left, between two posts of an old barrier. Join the Route Forestière Sainte-Catherine, turn left and follow it to the crossroads of the same name where it meets the D6.
(13) Take the D6 on the right, leave it a few metres further on and take the forest road on your left. Follow the sign for Abbaye de Mortemer and return to the previous crossroads.
(9) Take the path on the right, which is the Route Forestière du Fond Saint-Laurent. Continue along a slight incline. Pass the Carrefour de l'Homme Mort. When you reach a tarmac road, turn left onto it to reach the Carrefour des Veneurs.
(14) Turn right onto the road and begin a slight descent. Pass the Besguay complex. You will reach the entrance to Lyons-la-Forêt on the edge of a wood. Turn left to return to the original crossroads.
(1) Take the small path opposite, which leads to Boulevard Sainte-Croix Lebas. Turn right to reach Place du Marché. Turn left, continue along the path, turning left then right, and follow Sentier de Derrière les Jardins. You will reach the Val Sauret neighbourhood. Turn right and you will soon come to the D321 or Route de Menesqueville. Turn right, continue left and you will reach the Church of Saint-Denis and the cemetery.
(15) Return to Rue du Bout de Bas, turn left and continue to the village hall, then turn left down towards Square des Trois Moulins. Take the path on the right to reach the school and the Benedictine convent.
(16) Walk along the convent and continue straight on Rue de la Rouge Mare. At the square, turn right onto Rue de la République. Turn left down Rue de l'Enfer and turn right to reach the Cordeliers Convent.
(17) Turn right onto Rue de la Libération, which leads to the fire station car park (S/E).
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