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North of Cottenchy, on the D116, park in the Bois Magneux car park, near the Amiens-le-Paraclet Agricultural College. There are large information boards in the car park, including one about the Bois Magneux toad tunnels.
(S/E) Continue north-east on the D116, also known as Rue du Paraclet, towards the ‘give way’ sign on the right which can be seen from the car park. Ignore the road on the right leading to the Picardie equestrian centre, and pass the farm belonging to the Paraclet Agricultural College (on your right). Turn right at the first street, following signs for Fouencamps and the Magasin du Paraclet, then turn left at the junction immediately after. Shortly afterwards, the road bends right over a bridge, then heads across the ponds towards the fisheries wardens’ school.
(1) Do not go under the railway line but turn left onto the path running parallel to the railway line and continue with the railway line on your right until you reach a railway bridge.
(2) Turn right to go under this bridge and reach the first houses in Fouencamps. Just before the church, turn left into a street, then turn left again at the next junction. Further on, the street becomes a path (Chemin du Gard). Further on, the path approaches the Avre (river), then veers southwards.
(3) Ignore a path on the right, then walk alongside the ponds on your left. You will come out onto a road at the Chapelle Saint-Domice.
(4) Follow the road to the right (towards Fouencamps).
(5) Turn onto the first road on the left. At the crossroads with paths, continue straight ahead.
(6) At the T-junction with another path, continue to the right. Ignore the more or less well-marked paths on either side. Further on, the path you are following bends to the right, then to the left immediately afterwards, before straightening out again.
(7) You will come to a small road; follow it to the left for about a hundred metres, then take the path on the right. Continue straight ahead until you reach another path. Follow it to the right.
(8) 100 metres further on, take the path to the left. At the next junction (where three paths meet), turn right, then right again at the next junction to reach a road. Follow it to the right and continue straight ahead at the junction with the D90 to pass under the railway bridge.
(9) Continue along this road. Shortly afterwards, ignore the road on the right, then another one about 400 metres further on. You will reach a T-junction at the Moulin du Pont de Grès
(10) Turn left to cross the bridge and continue along the road, joining the D116, which then becomes Rue d’en Haut (sign on the wall of a beautiful property featuring a blue gate), and follow it to the right to enter Cottenchy. Take the second street on the left (D75), towards Sains (road signs) at the junction with the War Memorial, to reach the church and the cemetery.
(11) At the crossroads just after the cemetery, turn right onto the path and follow the red-and-white markings ofthe GR®124(red and white on a wooden post) until otherwise indicated; walk alongside the cemetery and continue straight ahead. Cross a road and continue straight on. The path bends to the left. Further on, ignore a path on the right. Further on, as the path bends left again, ignore another path on the right. About a hundred metres further on, the path bends to the right; ignore a path leading straight ahead.
(12) You will reach the edge of a wood; continue along the path, which bends sharply to the right. You will reach a crossroads near a riding centre. Leave theGR® and turn right to return to the Bois Magneux car park (S/E)
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