View of the Forterre

Departure from Place du Champ de Foire, at the foot of the sign showing the hiking trails, at the corner of Rue du Petit Pont and the cemetery. Car parks and motorhome parking area 80 metres away.

(S/E) Walk up Rue du Petit Pont towards the town centre.

(1) In front of the church, turn right down Rue des Canards.

(2) Cross the Vrille stream. After passing the first two paths on the right, take the third on the right and, at the fork, take the right-hand path again. Don't hesitate to turn around from time to time to admire the village of Treigny, which at times seems to sink into the valley.
Continue along this path, always straight ahead, sometimes downhill.

(3) After stopping at the Marlée wash house, the hill is steep. Don't be discouraged; think of the village washerwomen who carried their laundry back up the hill on wheelbarrows once it was washed. Keep going!

(4) When you reach the road, turn left and continue to the next crossroads. At this crossroads, take the main street on the right.

(5) Turn right. Keeping this street on your right, walk past the old historic houses of the village. Turn right onto Grande Rue de Perreuse in front of the church.

(6) A few metres after the Sully lime tree, turn right onto Rue des Chaumes. Continue straight ahead along the avenue of lime trees (Rue de la Chaume).

(7) At the end of this avenue, take the path opposite. Continue to the hamlet of Diancy.

(8) At the entrance, turn left and continue straight ahead until the next crossroads, then turn right. At the end of the descent, follow the road for 150 metres.
Take the path on the right, following it as it veers slightly to the left.

(9) After crossing the ford on the small stone bridge, join the road (D66) and take the path opposite that goes uphill, crossing another road (D1). The path continues for 200 metres.
Leave it and take the path on the right at the first crossroads.
Continue to join the D1 road. Turn left just before the cemetery and return to the starting point (S/E).

This route is marked in accordance with the signage charter of the Puisaye-Forterre Community of Communes and is numbered 22 on yellow plaques. It was created by the association À chacun son chemin en Puisaye-Forterre in October 2019.
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Drinking water points on this route: motorhome station and cemetery.

(1) Youth hostel.

(7) Fort Bois stopover lodge.

(3) Very pretty impluvium wash house (La Marlée) on the way up to Perreuse.
In this village, let yourself be carried away by the small streets on the right (5). You will discover magnificent houses (try to decipher the inscriptions on the pediment of the oldest house).
Next come the Sully lime tree and the fairground (the former site of a fortified castle).
From Perreuse, as you leave the fairground (Rue de la Chaume), forget your route for a moment and dream about the horizon... On the right, the landscapes of Puisaye; on the left, La Forterre; and opposite, the Loire Valley and the hills of Sancerrois.

At the end of the route, at Moulin Rapé, you will find yourself on the site of a former milk mill (private property).

Treigny: the magnificent church (gates of Puisaye and Forterre, Jansenist Christ...), Ratilly, its castle and pottery, Guédelon and the fortified castle.
Entrains-sur-Nohain, a village located on an ancient Roman road, archaeological excavations.