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Departure from Dordives station (car park).
(S/E) From the station, follow the D43 westwards for about 250 metres, keeping to the right-hand side.
(1) Cross the road to enter the former leisure centre (barge at the entrance). Go around the lake on the right. At the first intersection, leave the lake and turn right towards the Glass Museum. On the right, walk along an active sandpit (watch out for trucks coming out!).
(2) At the end of the road, take the gravel road on the right. Cross the bridge over the Loing river, then the bridge over the canal. Immediately turn right and follow the towpath north until you reach theGR®13(marked in white and red).
(3) Follow theGR® to the left (slightly steep climb). When you reach the hamlet of Toury, leave theGR® and turn right, then immediately left onto Rue du Vieux Toury. Join the D32 and follow it to the right (watch out for traffic!) and cross over the A77 motorway.
(4) Then turn right onto a dirt track (the old Roman road known as the "Chemin de César"). Follow it for 150 metres, then turn left to reach the hamlet of Heurtebise (where you will rejoin theGR®13). Follow theGR® to the left on a tarmac road that descends towards the Moulin de Bigonneau. Before the mill, turn left and cross a wood. At the hamlet of Fussellette, turn right and walk between the fields to reach the hamlet of Touvent.
(5) Cross the D52 and take the farm track opposite (stillGR®13). After 200 metres, turn right. Ignore a path on the left and take the next path on the right behind a hedge. When you reach the junction with a tarmac road, leave theGR® and take the gravel road opposite (west). Follow this road until it intersects with a small tarmac road. Cross it and take the small path opposite, leading to a small bridge.
(6) Cross the first branch of the Fusain and immediately turn right between the two branches. Follow the path to Parc de la Tabarderie. This park is very pleasant and offers a beautiful view of the Gallic oppidum that was Château-Landon. Turn right, crossing a first stream and then a second. When you reach the bank of a branch of the Fusain, rejoin theGR®13and follow it to the left (do not cross the Fusain). Then turn left and cross another branch of the river. When you reach the bank of another branch of the Fusain, turn right.
(7) Continue straight ahead on the Sentier des Amoureux, pass the municipal wash house, and follow the river to the D43. Then turn left, cross the bridge, and take Rue du Bas Larry on the left (leaving theGR®). Take the stairs on the right leading to the southern postern gate; the Tour Saint-Thugal (11th century, the oldest monument in the town) is visible on the right.
(8) Turn left onto Rue de la Ville Forte. When you reach Place du Marché, there is an esplanade on the left offering a beautiful view of the Fusain valley. Continue along Rue Jean Galland, which passes in front of the Hôtel Dieu (12th century), then Rue Charles de Gaulle. Pass seven streets on your right to arrive at the Tour Saint-André (12th century) on your left.
(9) Retrace your steps and immediately turn left onto Rue Saint-André. At the crossroads, turn right onto Place Saint-André, then take the first left onto Boulevard Carnot. Immediately turn right onto Rue Grande until you reach Rue du Porche (opposite the 14th-century Porche de la Monnaie). Turn left, then right onto Rue de France until you reach Notre Dame Church (10th-14th century). Turn left onto Rue de Nemours, right onto Rue du Gâtinais, then left onto Rue Albert Ouvre. Next, turn left onto Ruelle de Nemours and finally turn right to arrive in front of the Madeleine Tower.
(10) At the end of the tower's rampart walk, a passageway with a few steps leads to Rue Moïse, which you take to the left to reach Rue de la Ville Forte.
(8) Follow this street to the left towards the retirement home (former Abbaye Saint-Séverin) and go around it on the left (you can enter the garden), but be careful as the slope is a little steep.
(11) When you reach Rue Saint-Séverin, rejoin theGR®13and follow it eastwards, ignoring the paths on the left.
(12) After 1,250 metres, at a place called "Pont Franc", leave the road and take a path on the left that goes up the "Vallée aux Moines". You will come out onto a road; follow it to the right. Enter Mocpoix and pass in front of the water tower.
(13) Before a large left-hand bend, leave theGR® and take the small road on the right. Continue along a steep path that joins the canal towpath. This section can be very muddy and slippery in wet weather (in this case, it is best to stay on theGR® until you reach the lock, where you will find the towpath). Then take the towpath on the right (south).
(14) Cross the Néronville canal bridge and continue along the canal. Pass under the A77 motorway and continue to the Dordives Bridge.
(15) Leave the canal, go back up onto the bridge, cross the canal and then the Loing, and continue along the D43.
(1) Continue along the D43 to the station (S/E).
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