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Start from Dordives station (car park).
(S/E) From the station, follow the D43 westwards for about 250m, keeping to the right-hand side.
(1) Cross the road to enter the former leisure centre (houseboat at the entrance). Walk round the lake on the right-hand side. At the first junction, leave the path round the lake and turn right towards the Glass Museum. On the right, walk alongside an active sand quarry (watch out for lorries coming out!).
(2) At the end of the path, turn right onto the gravel road. Cross the bridge over the Loing and then the one over the canal. Immediately turn right down the towpath heading due north until you reach theGR®®13(marked in white and red).
(3) Follow theGR®® to the left (a 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 ancient Roman road known as the “Chemin de César”). Follow it for 150m, then turn left to reach the hamlet of Heurtebise (where you’ll rejoin theGR®®13). Follow theGR®® to the left along a tarmac road that descends towards the Moulin de Bigonneau. Before the mill, turn left and then cross through a wood. At the hamlet of Fussellette, turn right and make your way through the fields to the hamlet of Touvent.
(5) Cross the D52 and take the farm track opposite (stillthe GR®®13). After 200m, turn right. Ignore a path branching off to 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 track opposite (west). Follow this track until it meets a small tarmac road. Cross it and take the small path opposite, leading to the small bridge.
(6) Cross the first branch of the Fusain and turn immediately right between the two branches. Follow the path to the Parc de la Tabarderie. This park is very pleasant and offers a beautiful view of the Gallic oppidum that was once Château-Landon. Turn right as you cross a first stream, 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 along the Sentier des Amoureux, pass the municipal washhouse, and follow the river to the D43. Then turn left, cross the bridge, and turn left onto Rue du Bas Larry (leaving theGR®®). Take the steps on the right leading to the southern postern gate; the Saint-Thugal Tower (11th century, the town’s oldest monument) is visible on the right.
(8) Turn left into Rue de la Ville Forte. Once you reach Place du Marché, an esplanade on the left offers a fine view of the Fusain valley. Continue along Rue Jean Galland, which passes in front of the Hôtel Dieu (12th century), then along Rue Charles de Gaulle. Pass seven streets on your right until you reach the Tour Saint-André (12th century) on your left.
(9) Retrace your steps and turn immediately left into Rue Saint-André. At the junction, turn right onto Place Saint-André, then take the first left onto Boulevard Carnot. Turn immediately right into Rue Grande until you reach Rue du Porche (opposite the Porche de la Monnaie, 14th century). Turn left, then right onto Rue de France until you reach the Church of Notre Dame (10th–14th centuries). Turn left onto Rue de Nemours, right onto Rue du Gâtinais, then left onto Rue Albert Ouvre. Then turn left onto Ruelle de Nemours and finally turn right to end up opposite the Madeleine Tower.
(10) At the end of the rampart walk associated with the tower, a passageway with a few steps leads to Rue Moïse; turn left here to rejoin Rue de la Ville forte.
(8) Follow this street to the left towards the care home (the former Abbaye Saint-Séverin) and go round it on the left (you can enter the garden); watch out for the rather steep slope.
(11) Once you reach Rue Saint-Séverin, rejoin theGR®®13and follow it eastwards, ignoring the turn-offs to the left.
(12) After 1,250 m, at a place called “Pont Franc”, leave the road and take a path on the left that climbs up the “Vallée aux Moines”. You’ll come out onto a road; follow it to the right. Enter Mocpoix and walk past the water tower.
(13) Before a sharp bend to the left, leave theGR®® and take the small road to the right. Continue along a steep path which joins the canal towpath. This section can be very muddy and slippery in wet weather (in which case, it is best to stay on theGR®® until you reach the lock, where you rejoin the towpath). Then take the towpath to the right (south).
(14) Cross the Néronville canal bridge and continue along the canal. Pass under the A77 motorway and carry on to the Pont de Dordives.
(15) Leave the canal, go back up onto the bridge, cross the canal and then the River Loing, and continue along the D43.
(1) Continue along the D43 as far as the station (S/E).
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