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Parking is available at the Place de l'Église car park in Bellot. For access by public transport, see the practical information.
Yellow markings (very sparse)
(S) From the car park, with the church on your left, take the small street on the left. Turn right into Rue du Pont du Ru and cross the small bridge. Continue slightly to the left into Rue de Pourcheret (ignore the markings for a moment). Then turn right onto the path.
(1) Turn left onto Rue du Petit Morin, where you will find the yellow markings again. Cross the two arms of the Petit Morin, pass a beautiful house on your left and you will come to a larger road (D31). Make a zigzag turn to take Rue des Sablons (yellow arrow). After a few dozen metres, you will come to a fork where twoPR®® paths are signposted.
(2) Take the left path towards Les Sablons. The path climbs gently north-west between the meadows. At the edge of a wood on your left, make a right-angle turn to the right. Climb north, walking between meadows and cultivated land, then along the edge of a wood on your right. Enter the wood.
(3) A few metres after entering the woods, turn left (west) onto a smaller path (green and yellow arrows). This will take you to a crossroads.
(4) Take the path on the right. After about 100 metres, turn right and leave the woods. Continue north along the edge between the woods (on your left) and a meadow (on your right). You will arrive at a cultivated plateau.
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There are short sections marked in yellow or red and white.
(5) Take a dirt track on the right, which quickly becomes grassy. Keeping a general eastward direction, cross the plateau, which offers extensive views. Pass at the foot of a wind pump and then go past a small sandstone marker. Reach Montflageol and take the small road on the right that comes from Les Fans. After a few dozen metres, when the road bends to the right, level with a pond, continue straight ahead on the Chemin de la Tuilerie. Still heading east, walk between meadows and cultivated fields. As you approach Fontaine Robert, you will come to a path that is almost perpendicular.
(6) Turn right, following a wire fence on your right. After a few metres, at a fork (enclosure with a metal gate that you can't miss), take the left path. You will come out onto a small road; take this road on the left. Pass the Ferme du Grand Egrefin (sign) and continue along the road.
(7) At the corner of two houses, turn right onto the small road towards Petit Egrefin (sign, yellow arrow). The road runs alongside woods, meadows and orchards. It descends steeply to a place called Le Prieuré (beautiful view of Verdelot, with its imposing church, and the old priory in the place of the same name). Take a larger road on the right and follow it for a few metres.
(8) Before a house with a clearly visible red façade, turn right onto a path (yellow markings) between a fence (on your left) and a wall (on your right). Follow a stream and you will come to a road (D6). First turn right then left to take the Chemin des Martins (sign). Cross the Ru de Moreau and reach another road. Turn right towards Le Geai/Le Corbier (yellow and red and white markings).
(9) Cross the Petit Morin and turn right. Ignore the first road on the right (note the old Verdelot railway station). Leave the marked paths on the left and continue for a few dozen metres on the road, which climbs to a fork.
(10) Turn right towards La Fée (sign). This hamlet can be spotted from afar by a curious building that looks like a lighthouse. At La Fée (houses), continue straight ahead (south-west) on the grassy path. You will reach the village of L'Orme Rond.
(11) At the crossroads, continue straight ahead along Rue du Geai (ignore the yellow and red and white crosses). When the road bends to the left, continue straight ahead (west) along Chemin des Marées and walk past a few properties. Just after the last house, turn right and go downhill, squeezing between a wire fence (on your right) and a narrow strip of cultivated land; keep close to the fence and do not tread on the crops. Cross the D6 road (take care) then turn left and walk along the boundary wall of a property.
(12) At the end of the boundary wall, take the path on the right. This quickly turns left. Walk westwards between meadows and cultivated plots. Le Petit Morin is on the right: it is rarely visible but can be spotted thanks to the trees lining its banks. The bell tower of Bellot church comes into view and the path crosses the D46 (the road taken at the very beginning of the hike).
Continue straight ahead and immediately turn left onto Rue de Pourcheret. Continue along Rue du Pont du Ru and you will reach Place de l'Église de Bellot (S/E).
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