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Park at Place du Monument aux Morts, in front of the town hall.
(S/E) With your back to the town hall, go round the building to the right and pass between it and the tennis court. Go up the steps, walk through the centre of the garden to the fountain and exit via Rue d’Harcourt opposite. Take Rue du Tout ou Rien, which slopes down to the left, to pass under the gate of the North Tower (visits are possible by asking for the key at the town hall).
(1) Turn right and follow the Allée du Paravis for about 100 m, then turn right again and take the road towards Nérac and Espiens, via the Allée du Foirail, until you reach the bridge over the Auvignon on the left.
(2) Cross the bridge via Allée de Truc and turn left on leaving Bruch onto the road to La Ponte; continue for about 200 m until you reach the transformer.
(3) Take the grassy path on the right in front of the transformer. Follow this grassy, then stony path marked with yellow signposts. On leaving the woodland, carry straight on along the road climbing between two vineyard plots until you reach a house.
(4) Ignore the road on the right; continue uphill, opposite, between the house and the vineyard, first on the road and then on the stony track, until you reach a road at the highest point.
(5) Follow the road to the left for about 300 metres, running alongside two vineyard plots separated by a lane.
(6) At the second gap between the vineyards, go down the grassy path on the left between two vineyards and continue along this path, which leads to the hamlet of Maripey.
(7) Pass between the houses (there are dogs running free which bark but are friendly) and carry on along this road, which becomes Rue Voltaire and leads down to Montesquieu. In the village of Montesquieu, at the junction with a Stop sign, you’ll see Montesquieu church opposite.
(8) Turn right onto Avenue Jean de Secondat, continue for about 200 metres, then turn right onto a small hairpin bend leading to the leisure ground (boulodrome), marked by a yellow arrow. At the leisure ground, take the grassy path on the left behind the toilet block towards the Pont de Ninon. Follow the yellow-marked path which runs alongside the Ruisseau de Malet to the Pont de Ninon; cross the bridge, then continue to the left, following the hedge and the stream on the other side until you reach a road.
(9) Take the road to the right (signposted ‘Roc du Diable’ opposite) to the Gothic bridge at Balesté, then follow the Route de Montesquieu. Turn onto the first road on the right (Route des Vignes or Route de Balesté) until you reach the top of the hill, passing in front of Balesté Castle; then, at the three-way junction, continue along this road to the left until you reach the top of the hill.
(10) At the top of the hill, before the road bends left, take the path – first earth-filled, then sandy – leading down opposite towards the woods; continue through the Bois de Peyret, then along the edge of the Bois de Saint-Geniès.
(11) At the junction with a track, walk 10 metres to the left then to the right; enter the woods via a narrow path which is initially uphill and continue until you reach a road, which you should follow to the left.
(12) At the junction, continue to the right, pass the drinking water reservoir and, before the first house, leave the road to continue the descent along the grassy path between the house and a vineyard. Continue downhill to Bruch, following the yellow signposts.
(2) Cross the bridge over the Auvignon again and continue straight ahead along the Chemin de Caillavère to reach the market hall on Place de la Fontaine. Turn left, facing the south tower, go through the gate, then turn right towards the town hall and the starting point (S/E).
Watch out for aggressive dogs when you reach point 7 – they’re blocking the path.
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