The Raboliots circuit in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron

Head to the village hall in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron, which has plenty of parking.

(S/E) With your back to the village hall, turn right, then left onto Route de Saint-Germain (D108). After about 100 metres, take the first dirt track on the left.

(1) At the end, you will come to a small road and follow it to the left. Take the first dirt track on your right and cross the Bois du Poteau, heading north-east, then north.

(2) At the crossroads, turn right. Continue straight ahead and ignore a turn-off on the right (elevation 142).

(3) You will come to a small road and follow it to the left. Then leave the road and take the first path on the left. Take the first path on the right (elevation 131) and follow it to the edge of the woods.

(4) At the crossroads, take the second path on the left, heading north-west.

(5) At the intersection, continue to the right (north, then north-west). At the next intersection, turn right and you will quickly reach a crossroads.

(6) Then turn left. At the next intersection (elevation 116), turn left again. At the T-junction, turn right and you will quickly reach another T-junction.

(7) Then turn left. Head south-southwest and ignore all the side roads.

(8) You will join a larger road and follow it to the left. You will pass through the hamlet of Le Bois Rond and continue south-southeast.

(9) At the crossroads between the fields, turn right. Then take the first road on the left. Pass a hunting lodge and turn right at the edge of the woods.

(10) You will come to a small road and follow it to the left until you reach Tourtazeau.

(11) At the first intersection in the village, turn right and go slightly downhill. Take the first road on the left. Leave the farm buildings on your left. Go uphill between fields, then enter a wood.

(12) When you leave the woods, at an intersection, take the road on the right. At the next intersection (elevation 134), turn left and continue slightly uphill.

(13) You will come to a small road and follow it to the left until you reach the car park of the village hall (S/E).

This route mainly follows dirt tracks with a few sections on tarmac roads.

Bring something to drink, as there are no water sources along this route.

Bring good walking shoes and walking sticks.

To the south of the village is the Flow Vélo, a greenway that follows the old railway line that linked Thiviers in the Dordogne to Le Quéroy-Pranzac in the Charente. This cycle route connects the town of Sarlat-la-Canéda in the Dordogne to the Île d'Aix in Charente-Maritime.

To the north of the commune, the small village of Vouthon is home to a splendid Templar church and the remains of an old departmental railway line.