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Parking in the village of Ajat, near the church and below the castle. The village hiking sign is located between the car park and the main street, in front of the restaurant.
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(S/E) Head towards the church, pass the town hall, turn left (Rue Médiévale). Turn right immediately, leaving Rue du Puits on your right and continuing left on Rue Médiévale. When you reach a small chapel, turn right onto Route de la Planche and pass the tennis courts and swimming pool.
(1) At the crossroads, leave Route du Breuil on your left and Route des Chênes Verts on your right and continue along the path opposite. Follow the valley, leaving a first path on your right, then a second one shortly after.
(2) At the three-way junction, turn left, then shortly afterwards right onto the main path that climbs into the woods. Continue until you reach a road.
(3) Leave the road to Fossemagne on your right and turn left towards the Bois Nègre and Beauzens loops (signs... a bit worn!). Then leave the road to "Le Colombier" on your right and continue on the same road (Route des Canons).
(4) At the "Cédez le passage" sign, leave the road to Thenon, Bars and Montignac on your right and take the track opposite (towards the Bois Negre and Beauzens loops).
(5) At the end of the field that the path runs alongside, at a tree, take the path that starts on the right. Be careful, it's easy to miss! The shorter Bois Nègre loop continues straight ahead on the track, but there are no markers or signs to indicate this! Join a road after passing a hedge of thuja trees (Route de la Tuilerie) and follow it to the left.
(6) Shortly after the "Give Way" sign, at the first house, turn right onto the path and follow the fence. Pass close to a house. The path forks to the left and joins the D68. Cross it carefully and continue straight ahead near the beautiful Gounissoux residence. The path descends for a few dozen metres. Turn left and pass below a small house.
(7) Just after this, leave the castine and take the path that starts on the right and runs alongside some wooden huts. After a pond, turn left onto a carriageway.
(8) Leave it quickly and climb up the path that starts on the right. At a crossroads, leave the road to Thenon, Azerat and Bars on your right and turn left towards "Boucle de Beauzens".
(9) At the junction with a road (Route de Lavaux), turn right, go over the motorway, then over the Périgueux-Brive railway line.
(10) Immediately after, turn left onto the road that runs alongside the railway line. At a three-way junction, leave the main road, which turns left, and continue straight ahead to join a road.
(11) Turn left, then continue straight ahead towards Beauzens on Route des Écoles.
(12) At the T-junction, ignore the sign for "Ajat 2.6km" on your left and turn right. In the hamlet of Beauzens, at the church, ignore Ruelle du Prieuré on your right and continue along Rue du Séchoir. Turn left into Impasse des Carrières.
(13) Immediately leave the road that branches off to the left and the carriageway that leads into a field and take a path bordered on the right by a low wall. The signpost is on the left, hidden by vegetation.
(14) At a three-way junction, turn left onto the most well-trodden path and begin a long, beautiful walk through the woods until you reach a T-junction.
(15) Leave the road to Gabillou, Sainte-Orse and Brouchaud on your right and turn left towards "Boucle de Beauzens". Then leave the carriageway on your right and follow the path opposite. Further on, cross the carriageway to stay on the path. When you reach the Puyservier maquis memorial stone at a crossroads, continue straight ahead towards "Boucle de Beauzens" and leave the road to Limeyrat. Join a carriageway.
(16) At the crossroads with a tarmac section, continue on the road opposite towards "Ajat, boucles du Bois Negre et des Chauprades". Go over the motorway. Leave a path on your right and take the road opposite towards "boucles des Chauprades, du Bois Nègre et de Beauzens".
(17) After the level crossing, turn left. The road runs alongside the railway line, then veers away slightly before rejoining it.
(18) Leave the road at the edge of the railway line and take the path that starts on the right. Be careful, it's easy to miss! Continue until you reach a road.
(19) Turn right and follow it to Ajat. When you reach the village, cross the crossroads carefully and take the Chemin d'Ans opposite to return to the car park near the church (S/E).
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