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The hike starts in Rue du Lavoir in Dampmart.
(S) Take the towpath upstream along the Marne. At the bend to the left of the paved road, it becomes private property.
(1) It is closed to traffic by a barrier but pedestrians can use it. Continue straight ahead along this path, which runs alongside properties for a few hundred metres and then cultivated fields.
(2) When you reach a tennis court, you can see the Jardin de Sculptures de la Dhuys and the abutments of a footbridge that was to be built to allow pedestrians to cross the river at this point on the other bank of the Marne (see Practical information)
Continue 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® signposting (yellow)
(3) You can see the yellow line of the PR® signposting on the barrier. Do not go through the barrier, turn right and follow the track along the wire fence of an enclosure covered with vegetation. Then continue to the junction with a track coming from the right and going up the hillside.
(4) Turn left onto this track and follow it to the next junction, where you turn right into the forest. The path winds between the trees and, at the edge of the forest, crosses a small tarmac road, which you cross.
(5) Continue straight ahead on the path, which now separates two fields, until you reach the Promenade de la Dhuis, easily recognisable by its two tracks separated by a grassy central reservation.
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(6) You are at hectometre point 973 of the Dhuis (the marker is next to the metal arches prohibiting vehicle traffic on the promenade). Turn right and follow the Dhuis to hectometre point 981 (the marker is at the bottom of the wood fence).
(7) Turn left onto the path between a row of houses and the wood fence. This path ends at Rue de la Dhuis.
A little further down the hill, go through the roundabout and continue down the right-hand side of the tree-lined lane until the next crossroads, 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 crossroads, continue straight ahead along Rue La Fayette, then turn right onto Rue de la République (D105B).
You will arrive in front of the Church of Dampmart.
(8) After passing the church, turn left onto Rue de l'Abreuvoir. At the end of this street, go down to the left to pass under the railway tracks via the underpass, which is closed to traffic.
Turn right immediately after the exit. You are now on Rue du Lavoir. (E)
The walk is now complete.
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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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