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Start from Ormoy-Villers Church (large car park at the foot of the church, along the Grande Rue).
No signposts
(S/E) From the car park, cross the Grande Rue and take the Sente de la Terrière.
Red and white signposts
At the T-junction, turn left and follow theGR®126. Walk along the cemetery on your right, let the street turn left and climb a flight of steps, keeping a small calvary on your left. At the top, take the bridge on the right over the platform of an old railway line and you will come to a crossroads (information signs opposite).
(1) Turn left at a 90° angle. Pass an old blockhouse on your left and turn right. Walk east-southeast along a regenerating forest plot on your left and continue straight ahead at the first crossroads.
(2) At the next crossroads, cross the Chemin du Chenet and continue straight ahead. At the next crossroads, follow theGR®11to the right. Turn right again at the next crossroads. The path remains flat and heads south-west, then turns south and climbs slightly to reach a crossroads (boundary stones sheltered by a small kiosk).
(3) Follow the third path on the left to the south, still on theGR®11. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead until you reach a crossroads (signposted "Chemin du Poteau du Roi").
(4) Turn right and walk south-west for about 2 km, ignoring all the paths branching off to the sides. Pass the information signs (this is the last crossroads on this section) and you will come to the edge of the forest.
(5) Then turn right and continue through the forest on Chemin de la Grande... (sign with a piece missing in May 2017). Head north-west and, at two successive crossroads, continue straight ahead. Then descend and you will come to a flat area with information signs.
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(6) Go around the first sign on the left and climb up a very short sandy slope opposite. Then follow a path to the right and come out onto a flat area covered with heather. Do not go too far (fragile environment) and retrace your steps.
Red and white signposts
(6) Follow theGR®11again, keeping to the right after the short sandy descent, and pass the second sign on your right. Ignore the Chemin d'Auger on your left and continue towards the D136 road. A few metres before the road, you will see an information sign for "La Pierre glissoire" on your left. N.B. This sign is not located at the edge of the path you have just come from, but further on to the left.
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(7) Facing the sign, turn left (southeast) onto a good sandy path and arrive at a group of sandstone rocks on the right. Begin to go around this group on the left, following the small wooden railings on the right.
(8) Turn right and squeeze through a stretch of heather bordered by a railing on your left and rocks on your right. Then follow the winding path marked by wooden logs and descend. At the bottom, turn right and you will see the Pierre Glissoire (sign) on your right.
(9) Continue north on a path parallel to the road and find the information sign. Then turn left to reach the edge of the road.
Red and white markings
(7) Cross the D136 (be careful, busy road), pass a forest gate and continue on theGR®11. Stay on the main path, ignoring the paths or tracks on either side.
(10) When you reach the railway line, turn left. Keep the railway line on your right and climb gradually up to the edge of the forest. Turn right onto the bridge over the railway line. At the end of the bridge, continue straight ahead into the forest. Head west-northwest, ignoring all the paths on either side, and descend through a few wet sections. Leave the forest and you will come to a T-junction.
(11) Then follow theGR®11Bto the right (theGR®11goes left). Stay on the edge of the forest on your right, then enter the forest again. Immediately ignore a path on the right and, at the next fork, take the left path. Climb up through the damp undergrowth and then into a beautiful forest. Ignore a path coming from the right and go around a few damp passages.
Red and white + yellow markings
(12) At an intersection, note theGR®126coming from the left and continue straight ahead (north). Ignore two paths on the left, then walk over a sort of depression on the right. Pass a bench and continue north. Descend into a sunken path, note a gap towards fields on the right (table and benches) and continue straight ahead. Leave the forest, continue north-northeast along the edge of the forest and then between the fields.
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(13) At the edge of the hamlet of Villeneuve, at the crossroads just before a solitary tree with piles of stones at its foot, turn right onto a wide stony path with railway ballast for the first few metres. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead towards Ormoy-Villers, which is clearly visible.
(14) Join the D98 and follow it to the right (be careful, narrow verges). Enter Ormoy-Villers via Rue Sombreuse and cross the railway tracks at the level crossing.
(15) Leave the station on your left and continue along the main road, ignoring the track that branches off to the right in a bend and a lane on the right. At the "give way" sign, turn left onto the D136 towards Crépy-en-Valois and you will find the church about a hundred metres further on (S/E).
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