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There are a few parking spaces available on the pavement near the mill on the Mauve.
(S/E) Follow the small road, the Chemin de Pantin, along the Mauve river heading north. Pass under the railway bridge then continue along the Mauve, leaving the path on your left. Follow the railway line, leaving the Chemin des Meuniers on your left and taking the path that goes round the mill on the right.
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(1) Take the Chemin de la Promenade des Mauves on the left until you reach the River Mauve, which you’ll follow as far as the Route de la Batissière.
(2) Turn left, then left again at the junction. Continue along the Chemin des Culands.
(3) Leave the Chemin des Culands on your left and continue along the Promenade des Mauves, which is lined with wood chips, passing through the gate and then over the first small bridge as you walk alongside the Ilex.
(4) Cross the small bridge, then at the crossroads head towards Clan and Bonnerie, leaving the path on your right heading towards La Batissière. Cross another small bridge at a right angle. Continue along the Promenade des Mauves until you reach a wide, slightly stony path. Turn right, leaving the path on your left, then continue to the Route de Clan, which you’ll follow northwards.
(5) At Clan, cross the A10 motorway via Rue de Roudon on the left.
(6) At Roudon, continue along the road, leaving the paths on your right.
(7) Turn right onto the Chemin de Brasset. Cross the River Mauve. You’ll come to another junction.
(8) Take Rue de Rondonneau on the left, which leads to the hamlet of Brasset. Continue towards Petit Rondonneau, ignoring the paths on either side. You will reach a large crossroads before Grand Rondonneau.
(9) At the junction, turn right onto Impasse de Rondonneau towards Grand Rondonneau. Leave the path on your left. Continue to the end of the cul-de-sac.
(10) Continue along the stony track at the edge of the woodland towards Château de Touanne.
(11) Turn left towards the Château de la Touanne. To do this, turn left to go round the Touanne estate, and carry on to the cross-path leading to the château’s main entrance. With your back to the building, take the tree-lined path. At the D2, keep to the left on the road, then turn left immediately after crossing the River Mauve de Fontaine to follow the boundary wall. Follow the edge of the woodland as you leave it and go round the private property on the right to reach the corner of the field.
(12) Take a short detour to the left into the Chérelles estate to admire the mill and its surroundings.
On your return, leave the path on your right and continue following the meandering course of the Mauve, along the edge of the woodland, then leave the woodland and reach a junction where several paths meet.
(13) At Rondonneau Castle, turn left onto Rue de Rondonneau, cross the bridge over the confluence of the Mauves, and leave the path on your right. Return to the Grand Rondonneau crossroads.
(9) Head back along Rue de Rondonneau on the right, until you reach Petit Rondonneau, ignoring the paths on either side, then pass through Brasset.
(8) At the junction, take the Chemin de Brasset on the left, leaving the Prélefort farm on your right, and continue northwards. Pass the Château de Prélefort and come to another crossroads on the banks of the Mauve de la Détourbe.
(14) Follow the road to the right, passing the Impasse de Prélaville on your left. Cross the Mauve de la Détourbe, then continue through a magnificent forest. At the fork, turn left onto the Route de Prélefort, leaving the path leading to the Château de Prélefort on your right. Cross the Mauves twice and walk past a poplar plantation on your right.
(15) At the T-junction, take Rue de Préau on the right; leave this after about a hundred metres to take the first path on the right, which is roughly tarmacked at first but then becomes grassy.
(16) At the junction with Impasse de la Challerie, take the path that veers slightly to the right, then leave it when it turns right towards the stud farm to follow the grassy path that descends towards a gate. Carry on through a magnificent forest before reaching the River Mauve, which you’ll follow downstream. Cross the first footbridge. Cross the River Mauve at La Détourbe again, then follow the narrow, hedge-lined path to the hamlet of Roudon.
(6) You will then rejoin Rue de Roudon, which you took on the way out, and turn left. Cross the A10 motorway whilst continuing along Rue de Roudon.
(5) At the T-junction with the Route de Clan, turn left. Walk through the hamlet to the mill. Continue along the Route de Clan, leaving the path on your left, until you reach the junction with the Route d’Aunay. Turn right, passing the Château de Champremault.
(17) At the crossroads, turn right onto Route de la Batissière, which passes through a residential area. Continue along the road, which bends sharply to the left as it approaches La Mauve, until you reach the ‘Promenade des Mauves’ sign, situated 250 metres after the bend.
(18) At the large information sign, turn right towards the Promenade des Mauves. The route crosses the riparian woodland via a well-maintained and clearly marked path, thanks to its high footfall. It crosses several branches of the Mauve via a series of small bridges.
(4) At the crossroads, turn left towards “Parking de la Nivelle”. You will then rejoin the path you took on the way there.
(3) Pass the Ilex Arboretum on your right, heading towards “Parking de la Nivelle”
(2) At the large information board, turn right towards the Promenade des Mauves. Follow the Mauve along the small path which turns left as it approaches the railway line to join a variant of the Promenade des Mauves.
(1) Turn right towards the mill. Do not go under the railway line at the first bridge but at the second; then follow the River Mauve along the Chemin de Pantin back to the starting point (S/E).
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