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The walk starts on Rue du Lavoir in Dampmart.
(S) Take the towpath as you head upstream along the Marne. At the bend to the left of the tarmac road, it becomes private property.
(1) It is closed to motor traffic by a barrier, but pedestrians may use it. Continue straight on along this path, which runs alongside private properties for a few hundred metres and then through cultivated fields.
(2) When you reach a tennis court, you can see, on the opposite bank of the Marne, the Jardin de Sculptures de la Dhuys and the abutments of a footbridge that was due to be installed to allow pedestrians to cross the river at this point. (See Practical Information)
Carry on to the two railway bridges (the first is disused) and turn left immediately after crossing them. Follow the railway embankment to the barrier at the junction with a small tarmac road.
PR®® markings (yellow)
(3) You can see the yellow line of thePR®® markings on the barrier. Do not go through the barrier; turn right to follow the track running alongside the wire-mesh fence of an enclosure, which is overgrown with vegetation. Continue until you reach the junction with a track coming from the right and leading up the hillside.
(4) Turn left onto this track and follow it to the next junction, where you turn right to enter the woodland. The path winds its way through the trees and, at the edge of the woodland, crosses a small tarmac road, which you cross.
(5) Continue straight on along the path, which now runs between two fields, until you reach the Promenade de la Dhuis, easily recognisable by its two tracks separated by a grassy verge.
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(6) You are at Dhuis hectometre point 973 (the marker is next to the metal hoops prohibiting motor vehicles on the promenade). Turn right and follow the Dhuis to hectometre point 981 (the marker is at the bottom of the woodland fence).
(7) Turn left onto the path running between a row of detached houses and the woodland fence. This path leads out onto Rue de la Dhuis.
A little further down the hill, go through the roundabout and continue downhill on the right-hand side of the tree-lined avenue until you reach the next junction, where you turn left into Rue du Maréchal Gallieni, which becomes Rue de Thorigny after the ‘Dampmart’ sign.
Then turn left onto Rue d’Alger, then right onto Rue Denfert-Rochereau. Cross the junction, continue straight ahead along Rue La Fayette, then turn right onto Rue de la République (D105B).
This will bring you to the front of Dampmart Church.
(8) After passing the church, turn left into Rue de l’Abreuvoir. At the end of this street, head down to the left to pass under the railway lines via the underpass, which is closed to motor traffic.
Turn right immediately after exiting the tunnel. You are now on Rue du Lavoir. (E)
The walk is now over.
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We just shortened the walk a little when we left because it was our first walk after lockdown.
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