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Park in the car park opposite Verdelot town hall, before leaving the village on the D31 towards La Couarde and La-Celle-sur-Montmirail. For access by public transport, see the practical information.
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(S/E) Return to the village centre via Rue de la Mairie (D31).
(1) At the junction, turn right onto Rue de l’Église. Walk uphill, past the war memorial and then the church (on your right). Ignore a red and white arrow pointing to a small street on the left and walk along the cemetery wall.
(2) Before reaching the end of the cemetery wall, turn right onto a path that starts at the foot of a brick-built reservoir. Immediately afterwards, ignore the path branching off to the right on roughly level ground and continue along the path that climbs alongside the fence of a meadow (on your left). Walk in an east-northeast direction through fields and meadows until you reach a small road at the entrance to La Vollée.
(3) Take the road on the right and cross the hamlet. At the end (wind turbine on the right), continue straight on along the small road. Cross a small wood then follow the cultivated fields. At the next junction (houses), continue straight on (east) along Route de Vallery and cross the hamlet.
(4) At the end of the hamlet, where the road makes a first turn right then left, take the path leading off to the right into a small wood. Walk alongside meadows until you reach a small road. Cross this road and continue along the path opposite. This path is fairly flat and runs east-northeast, then northeast. Walk past, in turn, a hedge on your left, a copse on your left, a copse on your right and, finally, a fenced-off meadow (barbed wire) on your right.
(5) At a poorly marked crossroads (with the meadow fence on the right, a clump of trees opposite and, in the distance on the left, a water tower), turn right at a right angle, towards houses in the distance, still following the fenced meadow. Descend slightly, following meadows and cultivated fields, and come out onto a small road.
(6) Take the road on the right. Pass between houses and farm buildings (cattle shed on the left). N.B. According to information obtained locally, this is a communal path and pedestrians are permitted to use it (please respect the surroundings). After passing the buildings, the path bends to the right and climbs slightly between the meadows. It crosses a stream then turns left (south). You’ll come out onto a small road (horse farm on the left) and continue south to Les Aulnejois (house). Then turn right, staying on the small road. Pass through the hamlet of Les Denizets and arrive at a crossroads (metal cross known as the “Saint-François” cross on the left).
(7) Turn left into Torailles (sign with half-faded lettering). After about 200m, at an electricity pylon and before the farm sheds, turn right into a small street (small house on the right). The street becomes a path that descends slightly. About a hundred metres further on, near a wash house (elevation 167), turn left onto a path through the fields. The slope becomes steeper: walk downwards alongside a hedge on your left. Reach a hamlet on the banks of the Petit Morin.
(8) Cross the wooden bridge over the Petit Morin. Reach a road and cross it to take the small road leading uphill opposite, towards La Haute Croix. After a bend to the right and a small fenced-off plot on the left, take a path to the left. At a three-way junction, you’ll see a small meadow on the left with fences and metal troughs for livestock: turn right towards the houses. Walk past a house with green shutters on the right and come out onto a small road running perpendicular to it.
(9) First turn right then left and take the path heading north-west, running alongside the fence of a garden on your left. Walk downhill alongside the meadows. Enter a small wood and reach the Petit Morin stream on your right.
(10) Follow the river for about 500m. After the white gate of a property, you’ll come out onto an open area. On the right, you’ll have a clear view of the silos of a flour mill and the church of Verdelot, both in very different architectural styles. Continue straight on, reach some houses and come out onto a road.
(11) Take the road on the right and cross the Petit Morin again. Pass the mill, situated on your right. Ignore a yellow arrow directing you to turn left onto Rue St-Nicolas and continue straight on towards the church (sign saying “Stop in 75m”).
(1) At the next junction, turn right onto Rue de la Mairie and head back towards the town hall (S/E).
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