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Starting point and access: Verneuil-l’Etang station.
- Transilien - Line P, on the section between Paris-Est and Provins.
Take the only exit, platform 1, for trains from Paris to Provins (if arriving in the opposite direction, platform 2, take the footbridge).
Red and white + blue markings
(S/E) On leaving the station, turn right into Rue de la Gare. Ignore Rue Pasteur on the left and then Rue La Fontaine on the right. At the stop sign (bar-tobacconist’s), continue straight ahead, still on Rue de la Gare. At the T-junction, turn left into Rue Arthur Chaussy. Cross Rue Jean Jaurès on the right-hand side.
(1) Cross Rue Édouard Vaillant on the left and continue along Rue Arthur Chaussy, which curves to the right after about 200 m.
Red and white + blue + green markings
(2) At the end of the street, at a junction, continue straight ahead along the grassy path that starts to the left of an EDF substation (no markings here). Walk along the edge of a field (on your left) and a woodland (on your right).
(3) At the junction by the corner of the Grange Saint-Père (a beautiful farmhouse), turn right (east) onto a good path, still running along the edge of the woodland. After passing between two fields, walk alongside a fenced-off woodland on your left and you will come to another junction (a metal post with multiple markers).
Red and white + green markings
(4) Turn left (north) onto a shaded path that descends slightly. Leave the woodland and continue along the edge, with the village of Chaumes-en-Brie in view, recognisable by its church steeple and water tower.
(5) Pass through a metal barrier and cross the D32 road (take care). Pass through a metal gate and take the wide Allée Jehan Michel, which heads north, leaving a small house on your left. The shaded avenue is in fact the embankment of an old railway line, and the small house is a former gatekeeper’s cottage. Cross the bridge over the Yerres (a lovely viewpoint) and continue along the tree-lined avenue.
(6) At a point where the right-hand side of the avenue opens out, take a narrow path that heads downhill to the left. Keep an eye out for this path: a red and white Red Cross on a tree further along on the right; a red and white marker on a small tree on the left at the start of the path. Follow this narrow path through the undergrowth or along small plots of land. Cross a stream (footbridge) then first turn right then left. Continue winding your way between the fenced-off gardens.
(7) At the end of this path, turn right onto a tree-lined avenue (ignore a yellow arrow pointing left; there are two PR® signs here).
Green and yellow markings (sparse and intermittent, with the two colours alternating)
(8) At Place Massa (more of a crossroads than a square), turn left at a 90° angle into Rue Parmentier (let the GR®1 head north). Cross a larger street (Rue Foix, with a view of the church on the right) and turn into Rue Louis Quinton. Note two plaques in this street commemorating the Couperin family (famous musicians), one on the right-hand side and one on the left-hand side.
(9) At the war memorial, turn right into Rue du Cloître. At the next junction, first turn left then right onto Rue de l’Archelet. Pass Rue Agasse (agasse = magpie; view of the church on the right) and continue along Rue de la Poterne. Cross another street and pass the water tower. At the next junction, turn left into Rue René Quinton. Opposite No. 3 on the street, turn right (sign for “Clos des Hauts de Bréjon”). Walk about twenty metres towards a house.
(10) Turn left onto a narrow path. Keep an eye out for this very inconspicuous path: on the left, a green marker on a small tree and a house with a terrace; on the right, a wooden gate. Walk between fenced-in gardens and emerge onto a large meadow with a cluster of oak trees in the middle. Continue westwards, keeping the meadow on your right and a fence on your left.
(11) You will come out onto a small road; follow it to the right and downhill. After a succession of two left-right bends, let the main road turn left and head down Chemin de Thiou (a dead-end), which continues as a path leading to the Gués de Thiou.
(12) Cross a stream, either by wading or via a footbridge on the left of the path. Then turn right to cross the second stream via a footbridge. Continue along a wide path which soon gives way to a small road. Ignore a path branching off to the left (EDF substation) and continue uphill. At the Stop sign, continue straight ahead along La Grande Rue (ignore the yellow arrow indicating a right turn). After a few dozen metres (sign for “La Billoterie”), ignore the road on the left, continue along La Grande Rue and walk past the Ferme de Forest on your right.
(13) At the junction opposite the farm’s main entrance, turn left towards Chaumes-en-Brie and pass a beautiful ivy-covered house on the right. At a fork (Croix Sainte-Hélène), take the path on the right which enters a wood. Further on, walk along the edge of the wood (on the left) and fields (on the right). Enter the woodland again and stay on the main path, heading south-west then south-south-west. After two tight bends (left then right), you’ll come out onto the D48 road.
(14) Cross the road with care, go past the forest gate opposite and continue along a path through the woodland. At the fork immediately ahead, take the right-hand path (the widest one), heading due south. Descend gently through the woodland, then along the edge of the forest and finally between two hedges. Cross the Yerres on a wooden bridge and climb up the opposite side with a hedge on your left. At the top of the hill, note a tower and an old well on the right; ignore a small road on the left and continue south along a path.
(15) At the T-junction, turn left onto a wide track and walk along the left-hand side of gardens full of fruit trees.
No signposting
(16) At the next junction (house on the left), cross the small road and take a grassy path heading east which quickly turns left (north-east). At the edge of a wood, turn right (east; do not enter the wood). At the T-junction ahead, turn left onto a wide path and walk alongside the grounds of Maurevert Castle on your left.
(17) At the junction, continue straight on and head down to the next junction, near the River Yerres.
(18) Then turn right and follow the river intermittently on your left. Cross the Bois de Beaumont and pass a football pitch on your left.
(19) Cross the D402 and follow it to the right for about thirty metres. Take the first path on the left. Walk between the fields and go round a copse on the left. Ignore a path on the right, then go round the La Grange Saint-Père farm on the right. You will come to a junction you passed at the start of the walk.
Red and white + blue + green markings
(3) Go straight on and follow the edge of a wood on your left.
(2) At the end of the path, continue along Rue Arthur Chaussy.
No markings
(1) As you come out of the left-hand bend, turn right into Rue Édouard Vaillant. Cross Rue Jules Guesde and continue straight ahead.
Yellow markings
(20) At the next junction, turn left into Rue Pasteur towards the station. At the end of the street, turn right to return immediately to the station, with a clear view of Verneuil-l'Étang (S/E).
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