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Departure from Place de la Mairie, which is actually a wide street between the town hall and the church, with half a dozen parking spaces. The street is one-way: to access these spaces, you must first pass through Place Saint-Julien (incorrectly named Place de la Mairie on the IGN map), at the foot of the bell tower of the church of the same name.
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(S/E) Leave Place de la Mairie, walking alongside the church on your right, and turn left into Rue de la Vallée (signposted further on). At the crossroads, turn left and pass a bus stop. Take the narrow but protected left-hand side of the road, then descend. At the bottom, cross Rue de Fontaine on the right, cross a river and enter Arrancourt via Rue la Fontaine du Faussillon. Pass in front of the small town hall of Arrancourt and continue straight on along Rue de l'Éclimont.
(1) At the next crossroads, take Chemin des Vignes opposite, which is signposted as a dead end 50 metres ahead. The tarmac quickly gives way to an uphill path. At a three-way junction (cross), turn right. Pass a house and continue along a small gravel road.
(2) At the crossroads at the exit of Arrancourt, go straight ahead on a small road which quickly gives way to a grassy path between the fields. Ignore a turn-off on the right and turn left with the path.
(3) At the next crossroads, turn right and follow a row of trees on your left. At the end of the row, turn right and follow a fenced meadow on your left. Walk downhill along the fence of a property in the woods. At the bottom, continue along a road.
(4) At Vallée Saint-Pierre, at the entrance to Arrancourt, follow a road uphill to the left at an acute angle. Shortly after the Saint-Cyr-la-Rivière exit sign, turn right onto a path that cuts across a bend in the road. Once you are close to the road again, turn right onto a path lined with a hedge on the right-hand side. Ignore a path branching off to the right (not shown on the map). At a three-way junction (marker post), turn left at a 90° angle and walk along the edge of the woods and then between the fields.
(5) At the T-junction, turn left and, after about 30 metres, turn right (there is no arrow or marker for this left-right turn). After about 200 metres between the fields, walk along the edge of the woods on your right. At the houses, ignore a turn-off to the right (not shown on the map) and turn left. Cross the D145 road at the entrance to Saint-Cyr-la-Rivière and continue straight ahead for about 20 metres.
(6) At the crossroads, take thesecond path on the right, which is wide and stony (thefirst on the right is grassy). Walk along the edge of a wood on your right and continue north between the fields.
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(7) At the crossroads, continue straight ahead on theGR®111(leaving theGRP® du Hurepoix on your left). At the next crossroads, take the path opposite between a field on the left and a hedge on the right. Then descend into a wood. At the bottom, you will come to a road; follow it to the right. At the corner of a large black gate, take the path on the left between a wire fence and a property wall. Cross the Éclimont river via a footbridge.
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(8) Cross a road and continue along the path opposite (ignore theGR® trail branching off to the left). Climb up through the undergrowth along this wide, sunken path. At the edge of the woods, turn right and continue along the edge of the woods and then between the fields. Turn right along the path in the middle of the fields. Then turn left and continue along the edge of the woods on your right.
(9) At the three-way junction situated at the end of a hairpin bend to the right, take the path on the right that enters the woods. Descend and stay below the D145. Reach the road and follow it for a few dozen metres. Then join a path on the other side, with two options:
- Option marked on the map and signposted on site: turn right onto a smaller road and, at the corner of thefirst house on the left, go down to the left to cross the D145 at the pedestrian crossing; then turn left again until you reach the start of the path.
- Option to be used only if there is no traffic: continue along the D45 and cross it at the central reservation (remain cautious).
(10) Follow the path that starts between two old buildings and goes up into a wood. At the edge of the wood, ignore a path on the left and then a path on the right. Continue along the edge of the wood, ignore a path on the right and pass a reservoir.
(11) At the corner of a wood, turn left with the path and walk along the wood on your right. At the end of the wood, turn right at the hairpin bend and walk back along the wood but on the other side. Three-quarters of the way through the wood, turn left. Go downhill, climb back up opposite and continue between the fields.
(12) When the dirt track turns left, continue straight ahead downhill. Ignore a vague start on the right and descend steeply. Then continue to the right on a tarmac road, still downhill. At the bottom (EDF power station), follow a street to the left. At the crossroads, go straight ahead, Rue de la Vallée towards Fontenette, and you will find the Place de la Mairie on your right (S/E).
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