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Park in front of the gymnasium in Saint-Andéol-le-Château.
(S/E) Take the road then a path heading south to reach the centre of the village and the castle grounds (town hall).
(1) Walk along the wall via a small street that turns into a path, descends and crosses a stream before climbing back up to the hamlet of Balmondon.
(2) Turn right onto Route de Bellevue until you reach a path on the left (sign), which you should take. Follow this path for 800 metres until you reach a crossroads.
(3) Turn left and after about 100 metres turn left again.
(4) After a hut, turn right onto a small path that descends to the bottom of the Combe d'Allier and then climbs back up to Prenat and Mincieux.
(5) At the D103E, turn right for 50 metres before turning left. Take the path that descends to Dargoire and the D37.
(6) At the Beaujolin school, turn left onto a path heading south which joins Tartaras, which you cross. Pass in front of the town hall, then turn right onto the D37-1 for a few metres. Turn left at the crossroads and left again onto the next dirt track. Turn right, then left onto the path through the fields (altitude 327).
(7) At the crossroads, continue left, west then south to cross a valley. Turn right onto a small road for 200 metres, then take a path heading north which passes above the valley, then through Palaveizin and joins Fontblanche.
(8) Turn right onto the D103 towards Saint-Jean-de-Touslas, then take a path 200m to the left which joins the river. Follow the river on the right until you reach a bridge, which you cross to climb up to La Mouchonnière, the castle, then northwards along a path which crosses a road (D2) at point 352.
(9) Take the path opposite, which turns right. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the other paths on the right, cross the D488E and make a small circular loop before returning to the village and the gymnasium where you parked (S/E).
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