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Departure from Lizy-sur-Ourcq station. Access by train (Transilien line P) or bus. Car park opposite and next to the station.
(S/E) With your back to the station, turn left onto Route de Mary. Continue straight ahead, ignoring all turnings on the right.
(1) At the crossroads (ignore the bridge over the railway line), continue straight ahead along Chemin du Port and follow the railway line on your left.
(2) Turn right onto Quai Jacques Papin. Continue along the path and follow the Marne on your left until it meets the Ourcq.
(3) Turn right at an acute angle and go up the Ourcq. Cross the river on a footbridge. Then turn left, leave a pumping station on your left and you will come to a crossroads.
(4) Turn left and, at the fork that appears immediately, take the path on the right that climbs up to the Canal de l'Ourcq.
(5) Then turn left and follow the canal on your right for about 1.5 km.
(6) On the outskirts of Villiers-les-Rigault, cross the canal (red and white markings) and follow a small road for about 100 metres. Take the first path on the left and enter the woods. Go straight through the woods (west), staying on the marked path and ignoring any side paths. You will come out onto a wide path. Follow it to the left for about 50 metres and cross the canal again via the Pont des Carreaux bridge.
(7) Turn left (yellow markings) and follow the canal on your left for about 1.4 km until you reach a small technical building (information panel).
(8) Then turn right, go down a lane, cross two streets and reach the Villers-les-Rigault pumping station.
(9) Follow Rue du Grand Voyeux to the left. Cross Rue des Îles on the left-hand side, turn left and ignore a street on the right and then one on the left.
(10) At the crossroads, turn right onto Rue du Bouchy. At the end of the tarmac road (tennis courts on the left), continue along Chemin de Villers-les-Rigault (yellow markings; ignore the access to a field on the right). Continue straight ahead, return to the banks of the Marne (yellow + red and white markings) and reach the pumping station already seen on our way.
(4) Continue straight ahead and follow a wide path between the Canal de l'Ourcq, high up on the left, and the Ourcq, a short distance away on the right.
(11) At another pumping station, turn right onto a footpath and cross Place du Tambourin and the car park of the village hall. Leave Rue de l'Abreuvoir on your right and follow Ruelle des Morts. At the foot of the church, turn left and you will immediately reach a roundabout.
(12) Turn right, then take the second right, Rue du Vieux Château (still following the red and white markings). Continue along Rue de l'Ourcq and ignore the side streets on the left. Turn right into Sente de Mary and cross the bridges over three branches of the Ourcq canal. Then turn left into Rue du Stade. At the end, turn right onto Avenue Benoist, then immediately left. Cross Place de la République and take the third left, Avenue Carnot. At the next intersection, turn right onto Avenue de la Gare and you will soon reach the station (S/E).
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