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Small car park at the stadium, Rue Gustave Garrigou in the commune of Esbly.
(If there are no spaces available, the main stadium car park is 200 metres to the right, along the fence).
(S/E) Walk to the end of Rue Gustave Garrigou with the stadium on your right. Turn right at the crossroads and continue along Chemin des Aulnoyes to the port area of Esbly, where the road ends in a cul-de-sac.
Continue along the path running alongside the canal bank until you reach a footbridge, which you take to cross to the other side, to the left of a lake.
(1) Walk along the lake to the pedestrian crossing. Cross the road and take the wide path opposite, which has steps to ease the slope (this is the Sentier de La Romaine, the sign has disappeared). It leads 200 metres further on to Rue de La Romaine (formerly Rue de Lesches).
Turn left; the street curves to the right. At the next crossroads, cross in front of the "Les Tamaris" medical centre and take Rue des Tamaris diagonally to the left, then, 200 metres further on, turn right into Ruelle Foiraude. At the end of this street, you will come to a T-junction next to an EDF power station and an underground reservoir.
(2) Turn left, pass in front of the farm and, at the crossroads with traffic lights, go straight ahead onto the grassy track running alongside the fence of several properties. It leads to a road after 300 metres.
(3) Cross the road and take the path that passes under the trees, following a wire fence on your right. It joins a track on the platform of the Dhuis Aqueduct, recognisable by the hectometre markers that line its route. Continuing on, you will cross two streets before reaching Avenue Victor Hugo.
(4) Turn left at the junction with the road, walk past a restaurant and the small railway station, cross the level crossing and turn right onto Rue de Condé, which leads to the Canal latéral au Grand Morin.
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(5) Turn right onto the path alongside the canal and follow it for about 2 km to its source.
(6) You will pass the Dhuis aqueduct bridge over the canal and, at the end of this long straight stretch, a riding centre and a canoeing and kayaking club. The path joins the D934 road between a level crossing and the Grand Morin bridge.
(7) Turn left, cross the bridge and the large crossroads to continue slightly diagonally to the right towards Coulommiers, then, keeping to the left, take Rue Pasteur towards the church.
Go around the church and continue along Rue Pasteur until you reach a passageway alongside a stream next to an EDF transformer station.
(8) Turn left into the passage and, at the end, right into Chemin des Fossés. Cross the next crossroads and walk alongside the Résidence du Corbier, then turn left onto the path that goes uphill opposite the gate of a secondary school. It leads to a road near a metal cross under a tree (the Croix de Saint-Fiacre). Follow this road.
(9) Turn left and then, 150 metres further on, left again onto a farm track which runs along a fence for 100 metres. The path turns right, then left and ends at a T-junction by a stream (Ru du Corbier). Turn right along the stream and take the path that winds its way up through the woods. After crossing a field and leaving Ru du Corbier behind, you will come to a crossroads near another stream, close to a section of wall.
(10) Turn left to follow this stream on your right. A few dozen metres further on, the ruins of the wall surrounding Quincy Castle Park separate it from the path. Continue for about 600 metres until you reach a gate in the wall.
(11) Go through the gate on the right. You are now in the grounds of Quincy Castle. Turn immediately left. After 300 metres, walk past the castle, turn left, then, a few metres before the main gate, turn right onto the path protected by metal railings arranged in a zigzag pattern. This leads out onto Rue de Boignet, where you turn right. Turn left in front of the cemetery and continue along Rue de Meaux. At the second crossroads, turn left onto Rue Thiers. Cross the crossroads with traffic lights and continue straight ahead to the corner of the street, where you turn diagonally right into the narrow passage between two houses.
(12) This will take you to a grassy walkway (the Aqueduc de la Dhuis), which you take to the left. This will take you to a crossroads. Turn right onto Rue de Butel and then continue along Rue du Mont at the crossroads.
If you have encountered a lot of mud on the way so far and are tired of it, an alternative route is described in the practical information section.
(13) After a few metres, it becomes a path that descends into the valley. Cross the stream and take the path on the left that runs alongside it. At the edge of the woods, at the T-junction, turn right while thePR® goes left.
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(14) Continue to the right for about 800 metres. You will come to a fork where you take the left path, which slopes steeply down towards the bottom of the valley. It winds its way to a crossroads 150 metres below, where you turn right. The path becomes almost horizontal and ends on a tarmac road closed to traffic by various obstacles.
Go down this winding road on the left to the crossroads under the A140 motorway viaduct.
(15) Cross the crossroads and follow the winding road opposite, which runs alongside the viaduct.
Cross the Meaux Canal at Chalifert, then turn left onto the small carriage road along the Marne. Continue to the next bridge.
(16) Do not cross it, but follow the path on the right along the canal. After 500 metres, the path arrives near a row of properties.
(17) Turn right at the corner of the first house to follow the barely visible path which, following the fence, joins the end of the access road to this hamlet. You are now at the edge of the Marne. Continue left to the bridge.
(18) Do not cross the bridge, but turn right to follow the edge of the canal. After a few dozen metres, you will cross the Condé-Sainte-Libiaire canal bridge. Continue along the edge of the canal to reach the Esbly road bridge.
(19) Turn right, go to the pedestrian crossing to cross the avenue and take Rue Léo Lagrange opposite, which will lead you to Rue Gustave Garrigou (S/E).
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