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Car park on Route de Sainte-Gertrude (D40), near the bus stop.
(S/E) Leave the car park on the left along the D40, cross at the pedestrian crossing opposite the Restaurant des Chasseurs and head left for about twenty metres until you reach the junction.
(1) At the junction, take the small road on the right which climbs slightly. Ignore a narrow lane on the left and immediately note the path on the right after an intersection with a track (which will be the return route).
(2) Continue straight on; the road soon turns into a track (Chemin de la Boutille). You will reach the Carrefour des Quatre Chemins.
(3) Take thesecond path on the right (Chemin du Val Gaillard), which climbs steadily. After a sharp right-hand bend, you’ll reach the top of the forest; follow the Clos Saint-Pierre and then the path that descends slightly to a junction.
(4) Take the path leading down to the right (GRP® Caux Vallée de Seine, red and yellow markings). Please note, this path is rutted.
(5) Continue straight on with the GRP®.
(6) Continue straight on with theGRP®. Cross the D131 (watch out for traffic) and take, opposite, the Chemin du Val aux Meilles which climbs up into the forest. Follow it for about 500 m, until you reachthe second path on the right.
(7) Take this path, which leaves the valley on the right (Chemin des Bruyères), heading south-east for about 250 m until you reach the start of a sunken path on the left, just after plot no. 147.
(8) After a short climb between two embankments, the track runs straight on and reaches the top of Val aux Meilles after 500 m. After a wide bend to the left, the track descends slightly and, after about a hundred metres, a faint path branches off to the right under the trees. Turn right onto the path which climbs towards the edge of the forest and which, after a short climb, turns left and heads into the woods to reach a crossroads.
(9) You have two options:
a) take a shortcut by following the edge of the woods to the right, then right into the forest and then left, or a little further on by taking the forest track, right and then right again.
b) go straight on, the option shown on the map. The path follows the edge of the plateau. Stay on the “main” path heading west. After a sharp bend to the right, the path heads north-east and, after several hundred metres, reaches a junction.
(10) Take the path slightly to the right; the track descends and, after a wide bend to the left, joins the D131 which you crossed earlier. Cross again (watch out for traffic) towards the marker opposite, a few metres to the left, to enter the forest and reach the Chêne de Saint-Pierre (weathered sign).
(11) Just before the Chêne de Saint-Pierre, turn left onto a small path which initially follows the road, then after 200 m veers away from it, climbing slightly before descending again and rejoining theGRP® you took earlier.
(5) Follow the path down to the left for about 200 m.
(6) Turn right onto a path (pass through the gate and follow the road signs). The path turns right and runs alongside the Sainte-Gertrude valley: note the greenhouses and, a little further on, the pretty church. Shortly after a right-hand bend, you’ll reach a junction. Then head down to the left along a small path. After a few steps, you’ll join the Chemin des Boutilles.
(2) Turn left.
(1) Turn left again at the crossroads by the church to return to the car park where you started (S/E).
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