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Departure from Place des Érables, near the war memorial in the centre of Misy-sur-Yonne, along the D75 (large car park). There are also 5 parking spaces at the foot of the church.
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(S/E) When you leave the car park, turn right (north) towards the war memorial. At the junction with the D29, continue straight on the D75 towards Marolles-sur-Seine. When you reach No. 10 on the right-hand side of the street, turn left onto Rue du Château and walk past the castle. At the end of the street, turn right.
(1) At the fork that appears immediately, take the left-hand lane and stay on the tarmac. This soon gives way to a farm track. At the next junction, continue straight ahead. Ignore a path coming from the right and walk along the right-hand side of an old sandpit. At the next junction (elevation 59), continue straight ahead on the track that veers slightly to the left.
(2) At the next junction (track closed to heavy goods vehicles on the left), continue straight ahead between two ponds. At the end of a fence on the right-hand side, the track veers to the left (ignore a grassy path on the right). After about 300 metres, ignore a path that branches off to the right towards a bridge over the TGV line and continue along the track.
(3) At the corner of a small cemetery, take a small road on the left and enter Barbey. At the stop sign (castle and church on the left), turn right onto the D29 (Rue Grande) and cross Rue de l'Île and Rue du Lavoir in succession. When the D29 turns right, continue straight ahead onto Rue de Montereau.
(4) At the next fork (metal cross), turn left. The small tarmac road curves to the left and gives way to a track. Walk along a fence on your right, then a hedge, and pass under the conveyor belt still in place at a disused quarry. About a hundred metres further on, at the end of a bend on the left, cross a stream (Ru des Prés Hauts on the map; cluster of trees on the right).
(5) Leave the track and take a field path on the right. Walk along the right-hand side, first at a short distance then at the edge, of a strip of woodland bordering the stream. Cross the stream again, walk between two hedges and then cross a wood.
(6) At the end of the path (signpost for twoPR® trails), turn left onto a track following the direction of the "Boucle des deux fleuves" (Two Rivers Circular Loop). Cross the stream one last time and walk along the right-hand side of a pond bordered by shrubs. At elevation 53, ignore a grassy path coming from the left.
(7) Then turn right, continue along a path alternating between hedgerows and woods, and ignore the paths on the left. Then turn left along the path and enter a small wood (potentially wet). At the end (elevation 52), turn right at the edge of the field: ignore the double yellow arrow encountered previously, which seems to indicate that it is possible to go left or right; it is only possible to go right. Stay on the edge of the woods on your left until you reach a small road on the right bank of the Yonne.
Between points (8) and (12), the route follows the towpath along the Yonne: stay as close as possible to the river on your right and ignore all paths or small roads on your left. The route is marked by imposing kilometre markers, from No. 100 to No. 94.
(8) Turn left onto the small road, following thePR® "Au bord de l'Yonne" (Along the Yonne). Walk along the Brosse lock, pass a metal barrier and continue on the towpath, which becomes grassy. Note a few small landing stages upstream of the lock.
(9) Pass close to the bridge over the Ru des Prés Hauts that you crossed on the way there, but do not cross it. Instead, turn right, still on the towpath. You will come to the quarry conveyor belt that you crossed on the way there. This time, pass underneath it. Further on, you will come to the tarmac road and reach the Barbey lock.
(10) Go past the lock and rejoin a grassy path. Walk alongside gardens with a few bungalows.
(11) At a place called La Madeleine, rejoin the D29 on the left (Rue Haute; bus stop). Continue to the right and, at the next fork (metal cross), turn right again onto the towpath.
(12) At the foot of a road bridge, leave the towpath and turn left onto a small road. At the stop sign, turn left onto the D75 and you will soon come to Place des Érables on your right (S/E).
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