From Le Mas to La Cazine

Date of your route : May 21, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Unmaintained paths. No signposting.
As a result, the walk was rather unpleasant.
This walk could be suitable for families if the paths were maintained.

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Date of your route : May 25, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

As others have pointed out, the signposting is sporadic or non-existent; you must therefore rely solely on the route description (a GPS is of no use here), otherwise you are bound to miss the path to Le Mas after La Malcôte.
From (D) to (1), the path is not maintained, and you walk through tall grass and stinging nettles down to the stream, then through mud beyond it. As the walk is ‘officially recognised’ by the tourist office, there could be at least some basic maintenance of the paths.
Despite these minor inconveniences, the walk is enjoyable.

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Thank you for your feedback. This walk is organised by a tourist information office; I’ll try to get in touch with them so they can take note of your message.
The descriptions are proofread by three different people to ensure they are understandable to as many people as possible, but as with anything done by humans, mistakes can happen. We apologise.
Kind regards

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Date of your route : Jul 28, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : Not used / Not applicable

Once we’d got to grips with the obscure language used, we’d walked 300 along the path – or was it a track or a trail? Who knows… – when we found ourselves facing a bramble thicket: to the right, a herd of cows with a vindictive bull; to the left, a field under cultivation. So, we turned back!
Lost and unsure, we spotted the town hall; a charming lady recommended a walk through the valleys, which led us to discover several perfectly signposted hiking trails.
You may not be an expert on signposting, granted, but surely you’re at least in control of what you write, aren’t you?
I’d humbly like to remind you of the golden rule for this sort of guide: those who use it do NOT know the route, unlike the person or people who drew it up. So, please avoid anything that’s open to interpretation or confusion.

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Thank you, Claire R1.
Why mention the signposting and, above all, try to follow it when, with Visorando, you’re meant to follow the route description and use the map to find your way? Besides, the signposting isn’t even mentioned in the description.
Be careful not to rate the walks based on the signposting, as neither the author nor Visorando have any control over it.

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Date of your route : Dec 10, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

There were no signposts, and as I’d forgotten my sat-nav, I got lost at least three times. Otherwise, the route isn’t difficult and is actually quite peaceful.

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I’ve just added the detail about the house next to the cemetery; however, as for the Combe de la Cazine, that’s a variation which I’ll therefore leave in the comments.
Thank you in any case for your suggestions.

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Hello,

The description itself is fine. It’s more in practice that it causes problems.

Firstly, it could be pointed out that you need to walk past the house at the start of the route (the one just after the cemetery)
as the markings are virtually non-existent or have been worn away.

Regarding access to the Combe de la Cazine, as indicated in the description:

{{(8) Head down the road on the left towards Chatillon.
N.B. From the road, you can take a path on the right to reach the Combes de la Cazine.}}

It is possible to head down towards the Combes de la Cazine by taking a path that branches off to the right shortly after point (8).

It’s not easy to find – the path is very steep (I stumbled upon it quite by chance)

Once you reach the Combes, the path leading back to the starting points is completely blocked by brambles. It’s not ideal with children.

So I had to head back up a path to get back to the village of Les Colodanne and head towards Saint-Léger-de-Bridereix.

There you go

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Thank you for your feedback on the walk. Could you please help us improve the description by letting us know where and how we can make it clearer? Thank you

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Date of your route : Aug 15, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

No maintenance of the paths and virtually no markings.

The path leading to the Combe de la Cazine after the difficult-to-find point.

The route back to Saint-Léger-de-Bridereix isn’t signposted. Luckily, I had my GPS to help me find my way.

Just so you know, this adds about 3 km to the route.

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Date of your route : Sep 05, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hello,
It was lovely because there are very few roads:
We were lucky enough to spot three roe deer and catch a crayfish with our bare hands.

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