Vallée des Chats

The route starts from the car park by the Dicy washhouse.

(S/E) Head right towards the D943 for about 100 metres, cross the D943 and head straight ahead, veering slightly to the right. Go up the Route de la Grande Montagne, continuing until you reach the second path on the left. Turn left; at the entrance to the path, you’ll see a bench on the left; continue along the path until you reach the road.

(1) At the road, turn right and, 150 metres further on, take the first path on the left. Another 150 metres further on, take the first path on the right, continuing to the entrance to Les Bogers where the path becomes a tarmac road, and then carry on to the first junction.
At the first junction, turn left and continue for 100 metres until you reach the second junction.

(2) Follow the road to the left towards Montcorbon for about 1 km, ignoring the first road on the right and the one on the left, and passing the hamlet of La Boulevarderie. Just after Les Petits Champs, you’ll come to a road on the left.

(3) Turn left, follow the signs for Les Couannins and go past it. Just after that, the road becomes a track which continues until it reaches a bend in another road.

(4) At the road, keep left and then pass by the hamlet of Les Riches, which you’ll leave on your left. Continue along this road and, as soon as it bends sharply to the right, leave it. Follow the track opposite to reach the next junction.

(5) At the junction, ignore the track on the left heading towards Les Chats. Continue until you reach the junction with the Chemin de la Pierre. Turn left towards Les Hauts de Chantereine / La Creusotterie and, further on, ignore the road on the left.

(6) Carry on straight ahead to the D943, cross it and turn right towards Douchy, keeping well to the left until you reach the T-junction. Take care.

(7) At the junction, take the road on the left towards Les Simons. A little further on, ignore the path on the right. At the very end, ignore the road on the left and head right, then walk past the last houses in Les Simons until you come to a path on the left.

(8) Leave the road and take the path on the left which climbs up to a cross-path.
Turn left and, 20 metres further on, take the first path on the right, following it to the entrance to La Miotterie, where the path becomes a road.

(9) Continue along the road, passing the Miotterie. You’ll reach the first junction at Les Dumands.
Ignore this junction (Chemin des Dumands) and carry on straight ahead for about 50 metres until you reach the second junction.

(10) Turn right, heading down the road until you reach the first track on the left.
Turn left and carry on until you reach the road.

(11) At the road, ignore the track opposite and take the road on your right until you reach the first track a little further on to the left.
Turn left, follow the railway line for about 1 km until you reach an altitude of 134 m.

(12) Take the track on the left for about 300m until you reach the altitude of 152.
Then carry on straight ahead until you reach Route de Courboissy.
Carry on straight ahead towards Prunoy for about 30 metres.
At the junction, take the road on the left towards Dicy until you reach the Y-junction.

(13) Turn left towards Les Jubliers. A little further on, ignore the road on the right and take the path on the left to Les Jubliers.

(14) At the hamlet, ignore the dead-end on the left and carry on along the road until the next junction, where you should take the road on the right until you reach the T-junction.
At this junction, follow the road to the right for about 15 metres, then take the first track on the left. Carry on straight ahead until you reach a T-junction.

(15) Turn onto the track on the left until you reach the road. At the road, turn right and follow it for about 40 metres.
Then turn into the first track on the right until you reach the road to Les Gogers.

(16) At the road, head left and, 50 metres further on, leave the road, which continues to the left.
Continue straight on along the track, which rejoins the same road a little further on.
Follow the road to the next junction.
At the junction, turn right towards Dicy; a little further on, ignore the track opposite and continue along the road to the car park at the Dicy washhouse (S/E).

(S) The Musée de la Fabuloserie.