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Parking in Jouarre, Place Auguste Tinchan (parking meter except Sundays and public holidays) or in a small car park at the corner of Rue Jehan de Brie and Rue de la Tour, nearby. Access via the D402 from La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre.
Yellow signposts
(S/E) Go to the end of Place Auguste Tinchan, which is on the side of the road to La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre (near the town hall and the abbey). Then take Rue Milon. When you reach a small square, turn left onto Rue du Puits Certain. At the end of this street, turn left onto Rue Bicètre. At the stop sign, turn right onto Rue de la Grange Gruyer.
Yellow markings (very rare or absent, due to lack of support)
(1) At the crossroads near the waste collection point, take the path opposite, to the right of the cross, which leads between the fields. At the T-junction, turn right. At the next junction, turn left onto a gravel lane parallel to the road. After a few dozen metres, turn left onto the first path between the fields. This path soon bends to the right and heads west until you reach a small road, which you follow to the left to enter a wood. Continue downhill to the Étang de Péreuse.
(2) Walk along the pond that you can see on your left through the foliage and then go back up. At a fork, take the small road on the right towards the "Franco-British cemetery" (sign).
No signposts
(3) At the next crossroads, after just a few metres, ignore the yellow sign on the back of a "Stop" sign that tells you to turn left, and continue straight ahead, keeping the woods on your left.
(4) At the end of the woods, turn left and follow the paved path to the military cemetery at Château de Péreuse (sign). Retrace your steps.
(4) Continue left (west) on the small road. Enter Signy and go down to a crossroads (cross, post box). Turn right into Rue de la Dhuis.
Red and white markings (not very dense)
(5) Before the "end of speed limit" sign, just after the house at No. 2 on the street (markers on posts on both sides of the road), take the faint grassy path that branches off to the right. You are now on the embankment of the underground Dhuis aqueduct, which you will follow: here and there, markers on the side of the road and small masonry structures can be used as landmarks. Start between the fields, cross a stream and enter the undergrowth. After leaving the woods, the path turns east and climbs slightly.
Red and yellow markings (not very dense)
(6) At the crossroads, continue straight ahead towards "Jouarre". At the bottom of a descent, you will find a masonry structure larger than the others: this is a bridge that the aqueduct uses to cross the stream that flows from the Etang de Péreuse. It is impossible to cross this bridge, which is topped by a tall concrete shed. Go around the bridge on the right and wade across the stream (using a pole as an improvised handrail, if available). Go back up through the undergrowth and reach a road.
(7) Cross the road (be careful) and continue straight ahead on a wide path.
(8) As you leave the woods, you will have a clear view of the Marne valley. After a bend to the right, cross a road (houses below on the left) and continue across open ground. Cross a stream on a concrete footbridge and enter a wood. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the paths to the left and right. You will reach a road at the exit of Sept Sorts (sign), cross it (be careful) and continue straight ahead.
Yellow markings
(9) At the crossroads, leave theGR® trail straight ahead and take the small road on the right that climbs back up to the plateau. Walk along the edge of a wood and go around the left side of the wall surrounding the Château de Ventueil, which can be seen beyond the wall.
(10) Enjoy the view of the Petit Morin valley (bench). Continue south-east on the small road and note a wash house in a fenced meadow on the left. At the crossroads, take the small tree-lined road opposite (no entry sign). Pass the Jouarre war memorial and, at the crossroads just after, continue straight ahead towards the abbey (sign). Follow Rue du Petit Huet to Place Auguste Tinchan (S/E).
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