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Start at Ormoy-Villers Church (large car park at the foot of the church, along the Grande Rue).
No signposting
(S/E) From the car park, cross the Grande Rue and turn onto the Sente de la Terrière.
Red and white markings
At the T-junction, turn left and follow theGR®®126. Walk past the cemetery on your right, let the road curve to the left and climb a flight of steps, keeping a small wayside cross on your left. At the top, turn right onto the bridge spanning the embankment of an old railway line and emerge at a crossroads (information boards opposite).
(1) Turn left at a 90° angle. Pass an old blockhouse on your left and veer to the right. Walk east-southeast along a patch of regenerating woodland on your left and continue straight on at the first junction.
(2) At the next crossroads, cross the Chemin du Chenet and continue straight on. At the following junction, follow theGR®®11to the right. Turn right again at the next junction. The path remains flat and heads south-west, then veers south and climbs slightly to reach a crossroads (boundary markers sheltered by a small kiosk).
(3) Head south along the third path on the left, still following theGR®®11. At the junction, carry on straight ahead and you’ll come to a crossroads (signposted ‘Chemin du Poteau du Roi’).
(4) Then turn right and walk south-west for about 2 km, ignoring all side paths. Pass some information boards (this is the last junction on this section) and emerge at the edge of the forest.
(5) Turn right and continue through the woodland along the Chemin de la Grande… (a section of the sign was missing in May 2017). Head north-west and, at two successive junctions, keep going straight on. Then head downhill and emerge onto a flat area with information boards.
No signposting
(6) Go round the first sign on its left and climb a very short sandy slope opposite. Then follow a path to the right and come out onto a plateau covered in heather. Do not go too far (sensitive area) and retrace your steps.
Red and white markings
(6) Follow theGR®®11again, turning right after the short sandy descent, and pass the second sign on your right. Ignore the Chemin d’Auger on the left and continue towards the D136 road. A few metres before the road, you’ll find an information sign on the left marked ‘La Pierre glissoire’. N.B. This sign is not located at the edge of the path you’ve just come from but further on, on the left.
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(7) Facing the sign, turn left (south-east) onto a good sandy path and arrive at a group of sandstone rocks on the right. Begin to go round this group on the left, following small wooden railings on the right-hand side.
(8) Turn right and make your way through a stretch of heather bordered by a railing on your left and rocks on your right. Then wind your way along the path marked by wooden logs and head downhill. At the bottom, turn right and you’ll find the Pierre Glissoire (sign) on your right.
(9) Continue northwards along a path running parallel to the road until you reach the information sign. Then veer left to reach the roadside.
Red and white markings
(7) Cross the D136 (take care, as it is a busy road), pass through a forest gate and continue along theGR®®11. Stay on the main path, ignoring any side paths or tracks.
(10) When you reach the railway line, turn left. Walk along the railway line on your right, gradually climbing at the edge of the forest. Turn right onto the bridge crossing the railway line. As you come off the bridge, continue straight ahead into the forest. Head west-north-west, ignoring all side paths, and descend through a few damp sections. Leave the woodland and arrive at a T-junction.
(11) Then follow theGR®®11Bto the right (theGR®®11heads off to the left). Stay along the edge of the woodland on your right, then enter the woodland again. Immediately ignore a path on the right and, at the next Fork in the road, take the path on the left. Climb through damp undergrowth and then into a beautiful high forest. Ignore a path coming from the right and work your way round a few damp patches.
Red and white + yellow markings
(12) At a junction, note theGR®®126coming from the left and continue straight on (north). Ignore two paths branching off to the left, then walk along the edge of a sort of hollow on the right. Pass a bench and continue north. Descend into a sunken track; note a clearing leading to fields on the right (table and benches) and continue straight on. Leave the forest, continue north-north-east along the edge of the woodland and then through the fields.
No signposting
(13) As you approach the hamlet of Villeneuve, at the junction just before a solitary tree at the foot of which there are piles of stones, turn right onto a wide stony path with railway ballast for the first few metres. At the next junction, continue straight on towards Ormoy-Villers, which is clearly visible.
(14) Join the D98 and follow it to the right (take care, as the verges are narrow). Enter Ormoy-Villers via Rue Sombreuse and cross the railway lines at the level crossing.
(15) Leave the station on your left and continue along the main street, ignoring the track that branches off opposite at a right-hand bend and a narrow lane on the right. At the ‘give way’ sign, turn left onto the D136 towards Crépy-en-Valois and you’ll come to the church about a hundred metres further on (S/E).
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