The short Moncassin circular path

Park in the town hall car park.

(S/E) From the car park, head west, crossing the village to the end of the road. Take the path on the left leading to the castle mound. For a lovely view, climb the mound to its summit.

(1) Head back down the same path to the village road, continue for about thirty metres and turn right onto the path leading downhill until you reach a road at a place called Caillots

(2) Turn right and carry on straight ahead, passing the three-way junction. At the three-way junction, take the small road that heads off to the left. Carry on straight ahead to Lapalu Castle. Turn left and continue for a few metres.

(3) Turn right before the small bridge, passing by the château. Continue along this road, which turns sharply right. Carry on until the next sharp right-hand bend.

(4) At the bend, leave the road and take the path on the right; stay on this uphill path until you reach a junction with a track at the edge of the forest. Turn right and continue to the crossroads at a place called La Guitare.

(5) Turn left onto a tarmac road and carry on to the bend in the road. Continue along the path opposite and, just after a copse on the left, turn left and walk downhill alongside the copse. At the bottom of the descent, turn right, then walk alongside a pond, cross a tarmac road and take the grassy path opposite which runs alongside the stream. Continue straight on until you reach the D237 road.

(6) Cross this road and continue straight ahead for a few metres before turning right onto a grassy path that runs alongside the Ruisseau du Galinon. Stay on this path until you reach a junction with a tarmac road. Cross the road.

(7) Take the footbridge over the Ruisseau du Galinon, turn left and follow the stream on your left. At the junction of the paths opposite the embankment, take the path leading off to the left, which joins a tarmac track.

(8) Turn right and follow this road, then turn right onto an uphill track suitable for vehicles. Continue along this track, which goes round a water reservoir. Follow this track downhill, cross a stream, then head back up the track opposite until you reach the tarmac road.

(9) Turn right and, at the next junction, turn left to reach the village of Moncassin and the town hall car park (S/E).

• The grass may be a bit long on the sections running alongside a stream

• Don’t forget the route map

• The castle mound.

• The little village of Moncassin.