Clos of the Heaths – St Pierre’s Church, Angayrac

Park along the Chemin des Heaths (under the oak trees).
This walk follows the side of the road for about 700 m.

(S/E) Turn right, heading east, onto the Chemin des Heaths, a small local road. Continue to the next junction.

(1) Leave the path on your left (the return route) and cross the junction; continue to the next junction with the D69, near some rubbish bins and a sign for ‘Ferme du Bois du Couleau’.
Just before the D69, turn left into the cul-de-sac Chemin du Couleau and follow the orange markings. After a few hundred metres, just before the farm (duck farmers), a path branches off diagonally to the right.

(2) Head down this track. Keep the water reservoirs on your right and carry on until you reach the Lasprades villa (with the dogs).
Go round to the left of the villa, cross the stream and, at the following left-hand bend, in front of the EDF pole, take the path on the right for about 100 m.

(3) Leave the signposted path and turn left towards the north. The path is narrow between two fields, then widens until it becomes a tarmac village road. Follow it to the D40.
Walk carefully along the left-hand side of the road for about fifty metres.

(4) Before the rubbish bins, cross the road carefully to take the cul-de-sac opposite, which leads to St Pierre d’Angyrac Church, passing in front of some houses. When you reach the black gate in front of the church, a path on the right leads you to it.
After your visit, retrace your steps to return to the road.

(4) Take care again: turn right and walk along the road for several hundred metres. Pass through Biargou and reach the junction with the Route de Molière; cross the bridge on the left and join the Chemin du Gal twenty metres further on.

(5) Turn left onto this tarmac track, a quiet local lane. Walk through the hamlet of Gal and continue until you reach a farm. It looks as though you’re about to enter the farm.

(6) The Chemin de Gal heads down to the left of the farm. Walk down alongside the apple orchard until you reach a tarmac track, the Chemin de Rigal.

(7) Turn right and walk along the side of the road for several hundred metres. About 50 metres before a crossroads, just before a clump of trees, a grassy path branches off to the left.

(8) Head down this path, cross a small stream, then follow the path uphill until you reach the crossroads you passed at the start of the circular route. Watch out for the two dogs behind a wire fence.

(1) Turn right onto the path leading back the way you came and return to the car park (S/E).

Drinking water tap at St Pierre’s Church in Angayrac.

Clos des Heaths provides 50 cl bottles of water in a cool box at the finish.

Magnificent views and a 360° panorama.