Circular via Rouffignac and L'Herm

Departure from the sports complex, Allée des Sports.

Mountain bike signposting (orange triangle) no. 7

(S/E) Leaving the sports complex, turn left onto Avenue Edmond Roger through the 30 km/h zone until you reach the roundabouts. At the first roundabout, go straight ahead and at the second roundabout, turn right towards Plazac and continue to the next roundabout.

(1) Turn left towards Montignac/Plazac. Continue to the hamlet of Graulet.

(2) Continue right towards Le Destreguil, then take the road on the right and enter the forest.

(3) At the end of the path, turn left and continue to the houses. Continue straight ahead between them and pass in front of the Puits Fleuri restaurant.

(4) At the crossroads, turn right onto Route de Laudonie, then left towards La Croix du Sud. Cut across a road and take a path on the left after the hedge of the house.

(5) Take this path and continue until you reach the next houses. Turn right onto the path that runs alongside the forest and continue until you reach a junction with another path.

(6) Keep left and continue straight ahead until you reach the main road.

(7) Turn left onto the main road, then right towards Les Mazeaux.

(8) At the exit of the hamlet, take the path that runs along the forest on the right and continue straight ahead. Continue on Chemin de Saint-Cloud until the next crossroads. Turn right onto the path that leads to the forest.

(9) Continue downhill, pass a pond as you leave the forest and arrive at a road.

(10) Turn left onto Route des Grangettes and continue to the main road. Turn right onto the main road and continue to a multi-way junction.

(11) Go straight ahead until you reach the stone cross.

(12) Turn right towards La Grange, and at the end of the road, turn left and you will come to a road.

(13) Continue to the right and, after the hamlet, take the path on the left from the Cottage car park. At the end of the straight road, turn left and you will come to a fork.

(14) Turn right onto the path and continue to the wash house. Keep left and follow this road to the stop sign. Continue straight ahead and, at the top of the square, first turn right then left and take the narrow street (Rue du Vignal).

(15) Continue along the path and, at the two forks, turn left.

(16) Pass between the houses and continue along Route du Clou until the end.

(17) Turn right onto the road, then take the first path on the left, Chemin de la Forge Haute. Continue along the path through the forest and keep going straight until you rejoin the route you have already taken.

(11) At the end of Impasse des Côtes du Rond, take the departmental road on the right, then the second road on the right, which curves around in an arc, Chemin de Chez Mariette. Continue along this path through the forest until you reach a road.

(18) Follow it to the right, then turn left at the fork.

(19) Turn left onto Chemin des Chênes and follow the edge of the forest, then continue through the forest to Le Rouquet.

(20) Turn right, then right again and at the junction with the road, continue straight on along Chemin de Prouilhac.

(21) A few metres before the hamlet, continue along the path on the left and keep left at the next two forks, passing in front of the pond.

(22) Continue along Chemin de Font Cru until you reach the departmental road.

(23) Turn right onto the road, then left onto the path at the start of the forest section.

(24) At the Chemin de Castine crossroads, turn left and continue to the road junction.

(25) Take the road on the left, then turn right towards Château de l'Herm and pass in front of it.

(26) Leave the access road on your left and at the next crossroads, continue straight on along Chemin du Pont de l'Herm. Cross a gully and reach the tarmac road.

(27) Turn left, then right at the end, and continue straight ahead until you reach the main road.

(28) Follow it to the left, then turn right towards the waste collection centre and continue straight ahead on the forest path.

(29) At the road, turn left and continue until you reach the sign for Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin, then turn left onto Rue Pinard Legry. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead to reach the sports complex (S/E).

Follow the mountain bike trail markers (orange triangle) no. 7

Between (S/E) and (1), public toilets on the market square.

Between (14) and (15), public toilets on the main road, next to the municipal post office.

(25) The Château de l'Herm.

Between (14) and (15) Medieval Garden.