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Departure from Place de l'Église, in Le Vaudoué. Park along one of the streets that form this triangular square.
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(S/E) Head south, cross Rue de Saint-Loup and take the gravel path that leads to the church entrance. Find thePR® trail starting point and continue along the path. You will come out at Place du Souvenir (well, war memorial) and go around it on the right. Continue south and walk alongside a pond on your right. At the fork, turn right towards Boissy-aux-Cailles.
(1) At the foot of a large isolated tree, and before another isolated house, leave the road and take a path on the left. Enter a wood and climb steadily. After a left turn, the climb becomes gentler. Leave the woods and continue south along the edge. Enter the woods again and, at the fork that appears immediately, take the left-hand path. After a long straight stretch, you will find the Chapelle de Fourches (spelled without an "s" on the IGN map) on your left.
(2) Continue south-southeast on the path and, at the fork that appears immediately, continue straight ahead towards Boissy-aux-Cailles. Ignore a path on the left and descend slightly. At the next fork, go straight ahead and you will immediately come to a second fork.
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(3) Continue straight ahead, south-southeast (leavingGR® 1 and 32 on your right). Ignore the turn-offs on the left and exit the woods. Continue along the edge of the woods, ignore a turn-off on the right and head south between the fields. At the crossroads, go straight ahead and re-enter the woods.
(4) At the next crossroads, turn right. At the next three-way junction, bear left. Ignore a path leading down to the right and stay on the wide path.
(5) At a fork, take the narrower path on the right and descend slightly. Stay in the woods and descend steeply. Walk along a meadow on your right and ignore a path branching off to the right. The path then gives way to a small tarmac road that climbs up to the village of Marlanval.
(6) At the top of the hill, turn right. Ignore Rue du Pas de Saint-Martin on the right and stay on the main road. Pass the sign for the entrance to Marlanval (there is no exit sign) and continue along the road.
(7) In the dip of a right-hand bend, leave the road and take a stony path downhill, which quickly gives way to a dirt track. At the bottom of the descent, at a three-way junction (elevation 78), turn left. Walk along a sort of gorge whose slopes are flanked by rocky outcrops.
(8) At the end of the path (cemetery on the right), follow a small tarmac road to the left towards the church, which is clearly visible.
(9) At the foot of the church, take a gravel path uphill to the left. Pass the side of the church, go past a side gate and you will arrive at the church entrance. Continue straight ahead and walk along a low wall on your right. At a fork, continue straight ahead and then turn right at the corner of the low wall. At the end of the road, follow a street on the left. At the end, turn right and you will arrive at a small triangular square.
(10) Then turn left towards Le Vaudoué and follow the V2 road on its left-hand side (which is slightly wider than the right-hand side). At the entrance to a birch grove (elevation 75), theGR® 1 and 32trails arrive from the left; continue along the road.
(11) At the end of a left-hand bend, ignore theGR® signs pointing to the right and continue straight ahead along the road between the fields. After about 600m, cross a small wood.
(12) At the corner of the woods (fire hydrant on the right-hand side), leave the road and take a track on the left which quickly gives way to a dirt track. Ignore a turn-off on the left (gate) and climb up into the Bois de Champlaid. Pass a gate on the left (elevation 118) and begin the descent. Leave the woods and walk between the fields. After passing the edge of a wood on the right-hand side, the path veers to the right.
(13) At the crossroads, turn right at an acute angle (there is no arrow or marker here due to a lack of support; the purple line on the 1:25,000 map has not been updated). Descend slightly, then walk eastwards along the edge of the woods on your right. Turn left with the path and, still along the edge, climb gently.
(14) At the T-junction, turn right. At a fork, turn left to go around a protrusion of the woods (a place called l'Épine). At the T-junction, turn left (east) and alternate between walking along the edge of the woods and between the fields.
(15) At the fork, turn left again to go around the edge of the woods, then turn right. At the next junction, turn left and head north-east towards a large building, alternating between walking along the edge of the woods and between the fields. Walk along the building on your left (this is a riding school).
(16) At the corner of the riding arena, turn left and walk along the riding centre facilities. At the crossroads at the corner of a horse arena and before an electricity pole, turn right between the fields. Go downhill, cross a wooded area and then walk along horse pastures (view of the Forêt des Trois Pignons opposite). At the crossroads, go straight ahead.
(17) At the T-junction, turn right. Ignore a private road on the right and continue to a T-junction (recycling bins on the right). Then follow the street to the left. At the end, turn right. You will immediately come to Place du Souvenir (which you took on the way there) and turn left. After about 20 metres, turn left into a cul-de-sac. Walk past the foot of the Vaudoué church and join Place de l'Église (S/E).
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