Circular walk starting from Caupenne

A walk organised by the Léa Espoir Amitié Association, demonstrating that, even with a disability, there is so much you can achieve.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.23 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 69 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 69 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 180 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 112 ft

Description of the walk

Park in the car park behind Caupenne Secondary School.

(S/E) Head south-east along the road until you reach Caupenne Castle.
At the crossroads, follow the signs for Larbey for about twenty metres, then turn right to follow the drainage ditch to the River Louts. Follow it down to the left until you reach the D8 road.

(1) Cross the bridge and follow the D8 for a few metres. Take the dirt track on the left and stay on the farm track. Reach the right bank of the Louts and follow it until you reach the Poulouaout Bridge.

(2) Do not cross the bridge, but continue – after crossing the road – along the right bank of the Louts. Further on, you’ll reach the Route du Moulin at a ruined barn.

(3) Follow the tarmac road to the left as far as the Moulin de Gouaougue.

(4) After the mill, take the first path on the left at an acute angle. Cross the bridge, take the dirt track on the left and follow it straight on to reach the River Louts. Please note: do not follow the river immediately after the bridge
Once you reach the Louts, follow it upstream along its left bank until you reach the Route du Louts.

(5) Follow this road for a few metres, then take the first dirt track on the right, which runs alongside and then through a small copse. On emerging from the copse, take the track at a right angle to the right and head towards the D158 road.

(6) Turn left, then turn left again after the buildings in the hamlet of Premce. You’ll reach the Louts once more. Follow its left bank until you reach the junction by the sewage treatment works.

(7) Turn right onto the farm track on the right and follow it to the junction with the Chemin du Presbytère in Caupenne. Turn left here to return to the car park where you started (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 180 ft - Car park behind Caupenne secondary school
  2. 1 : mi 0.55 - alt. 144 ft - D8 junction
  3. 2 : mi 1.8 - alt. 138 ft - Poulouaout Bridge
  4. 3 : mi 2.63 - alt. 121 ft - Ruined barn
  5. 4 : mi 2.93 - alt. 118 ft - Gouaougue Mill
  6. 5 : mi 4.03 - alt. 128 ft - Route de Poulouaout
  7. 6 : mi 4.62 - alt. 148 ft - D158 junction
  8. 7 : mi 5.7 - alt. 144 ft - Junction towards the sewage treatment works
  9. S/E : mi 6.23 - alt. 180 ft - Car park behind Caupenne secondary school

Notes

On arrival, you can stop off at the Vival, which serves as a post office, grocery shop and bar. You’ll receive a very warm welcome there.

Worth a visit

Between (S/E) and (1) Caupenne Castle
(4) Gouaougue Mill: a short walk to see the grounds and the mill

Reviews and comments

3.7 / 5
Based on 3 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.7 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.7 / 5
Route interest
3.7 / 5
PhilRS
PhilRS

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 01, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Very easy hike, with a few sunny spots. There are blue signs, but they do not correspond to the hike.

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Noulet
Noulet
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If I were to give a mark out of 10, it would be a maximum of 1, thanks to the Gouaougue mill…

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novie
novie

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 09, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We did this route on 9 March 2022 and, at around the 6th kilometre, we had to deviate considerably from the planned route because a long, deep (2-metre) canal had just been dug perpendicular to the River Louts, which prevented us from walking alongside the river as planned. This canal was full of water and still under construction on the day of our walk; an excavator was at work. Will there be a footbridge in the future? If not, we’ll have to consider changing the route. Cheers everyone, and thanks

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henri57
henri57 ★

Hello,

A difficult start
path through unmarked fields

It’s true that the path isn’t marked on the IGN map, and that adds a bit of a challenge to this walk.

However, Visorando provides, in addition to the 1:25,000-scale IGN route map, a detailed description. And, if you have any trouble finding your way, there’s a virtual guide: a GPS app.

See you soon

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turmel
turmel

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 09, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A difficult start
path through the field not marked

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