Blousson and Sembouès circular loop

The walk starts and finishes in front of the church at Cazaux-Villecomtal. You can park below the church.

(S/E) With your back to the church and facing the Pyrenees, turn left. At the junction, follow the small road called Chemin de Crête. Walk past the town hall and keep to the right at the fork, staying on Chemin de Crête. Walk past the old school and carry on straight ahead. Stay on the same road and continue to the Tourmet fork.

(1) Take the road furthest to the left and join the D224. Continue to the left, passing a mobile phone mast and skirting the woods.

(2) At the hamlet of Jautou, at the fork, go straight on along the Chemin du Château d’Eau.

(3) Take the dirt track on the right: a pleasant stretch through the meadows with lovely views of the hillsides. Head towards the hamlet of Blousson.

(4) When you reach a small church, turn left and walk alongside the cemetery. The view stretches far into the distance in the open areas. Pass the Chantre crossroads.

(5) Here you’ll find the lake and the pumping station on the left. To see it, leave the road and climb a little way up the hill. A lovely spot for a picnic. The lake is bordered by woodland. Once you’ve seen the lake, head back down and rejoin the road you left.

(6) At a place called Lagrange, at^{the first} junction after the lake, turn left onto the dirt track that climbs into the woods. At the top, you’ll reach a junction in open ground; go straight on. After the hamlet of Le Hournère, the track veers to the left and you’ll see the water tower in the distance. At the junction, turn left and join a tarmac road

(7) Turn left and keep left at the Fork in the road a few dozen metres further on.

(8) Near the water tower, head down to the right along the Chemin de Beoulaygue: I spotted two roe deer over there, in the meadows.

(9) Ignore the turn-off to the left for Béoulaygue and carry on straight on towards Sembouès. At the junction, turn left and walk past the church.

(10) When you reach the small roundabout in front of the town hall, turn left. Go straight on at the junction, taking the path that climbs up, called Côte de Larroque. This is the steepest part of the route, but there are some lovely houses along the way. You’ll reach the church at Cazaux-Villecomtal (S/E).

No special equipment required. Remember to take water and a packed lunch. It took me 4 hours 30 minutes, including a stop at the lake.

I didn’t go inside the church at Cazaux-Villecomtal, as I assumed it was closed.