Sentier de la Folie

Departure from Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, on the Place du Château (Place Blanche parking lot). (D/A) Turn right into Rue de la Roche, then left into Rue Colette. (1) Take the first right (Rue des Gros Bonnets). Go straight on past the post office (Rue du Bourg Gelé) and, at the intersection with Rue de la Gerbaude, follow this street (leaving the war memorial on your left). (2) Pass the main crossroads and take the road towards Toucy, keeping the right-hand sidewalk. As you climb the hill, leave Rue des Chats. About 100 m further on, cross the road with care. Pass the chicane in front of the old railway gate and head downhill towards the stadium fencing. Drive around the entire stadium on your right. Continue under the petanque pitch. At the hedge, turn left and immediately go down a path inside the grove. Join the cross-country path and turn left onto a small road. (3) Turn right and stay on this road, keeping an eye out for vehicles going to or coming from the campsite. (4) Leave Les Joumiers campsite and the next farm on your right. Take the first track on the left. Let the few side paths go by. This path leads to the D7 road. (5) Without crossing this road, turn right, then at the Ronchères sign, cross carefully and take this road. At the next crossroads, turn right, continue for 200 m and take the path on the left, forgetting on the way the forestry start on the left. This path ends on a small road that serves a few houses and ends in front of a wood. (6) At the turnaround parking lot, turn right onto the dirt track which enters the undergrowth and runs alongside the property fence in places. At the first crossroads, turn right. (7) Leave this track and turn left onto a path which ends at the D7 road (beware, this path can be muddy in its final stretch). Carefully cross this road to take the tarmac lane opposite, passing over the Étang des Barres dike (also known as Étang des Gouttes). (8) At the sharp bend in the road, take the path to the right (at the barrier in sight, the path veers off to the right). This leads to the D955 road. (9) Carefully cross this road to continue on the track opposite. When you reach the outskirts of Saint-Sauveur, turn right at the end of the road and head downhill. Take the road to Ouanne (left) for 50m. (10) Enter the park driveway, lined with lime trees on both sides. Walk past the Saracen tower and the Colette museum to reach the parking lot (D/A).