The Assou Loops

An easy and pleasant walk through the gently rolling countryside of the Albigeois.
The two circular loops consist of the Chemin de la Borie Sèche and the Sentier de la Foun del Tel.
You can therefore choose, depending on your mood and fitness level, to do just one circular loop or both together.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.37 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 463 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 482 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 978 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 748 ft

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Description of the walk

Start from the car park, Rue des Remparts near Dénat Town Hall.
Both circular loops are very well signposted with yellow markings and regional signposts.

Chemin de La Borie Sèche

(S/E) With your back to the car park, take Rue des Remparts on the left. At the first junction, turn left. At the next junction, cross the road and take the dirt track opposite.

(1) At the road, turn right, passing straight past the stone cross, keeping it on your right.

(2) Go round Plaisance, keeping the bridge on your left, and head towards Gamanelle.

(3) At the four-way junction, cross over and immediately take the dirt track on the left. Before a small bridge, turn right and head northwards. Cross Rue des Noyers to reach the water tower and head towards the village centre via Rue de Coy. End of the first circular route.

Foun del Tel Trail

(4) To continue on this second circular loop, turn into the first street on the left. Take care, as the signposting and the regional sign are located just on the left-hand corner, out of sight as you approach. Pass Rue des Chênes and then La Boro Naute on your right and head towards a junction.

(5) At the Fork in the road, turn left towards Le Tel and pass by its fountain/wash house. Continue to the junction by the small bridge you saw earlier at the end of the first circular route.

(6) Turn right; just before Crespin, turn right again and continue past Las Faxariés.

(7) About 250m after Las Faxariés, turn onto the dirt track on the right leading to Puech Cendroux. At the crossroads, turn left then immediately right towards the electricity pylon. Pass Peyrolles, keeping a road on your left.

(5) Retrace the route taken at the start as far as Rue de Goy.

(4). Turn left to return to Rue des Remparts and the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 968 ft - Rue des Remparts car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.33 - alt. 928 ft - Turn right onto the road
  3. 2 : mi 0.97 - alt. 784 ft - Turn left at Plaisance
  4. 3 : mi 1.45 - alt. 764 ft - The four routes
  5. 4 : mi 2.31 - alt. 974 ft - Start of the second circular loop
  6. 5 : mi 2.69 - alt. 938 ft - T-junction on the left
  7. 6 : mi 3.28 - alt. 778 ft - Crossroads with small bridge
  8. 7 : mi 4.11 - alt. 758 ft - Path on the right
  9. S/E : mi 5.37 - alt. 968 ft - Rue des Remparts car park

Notes

Public toilets are available in the car park at the start.

Worth a visit

Wash house.
Dénat Church.

Reviews and comments

4.1 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
3.6 / 5
routaboul;rene@hotmail.fr
routaboul;rene@hotmail.fr

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk

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Sputnik1980
Sputnik1980

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

An easy walk, with little road walking but not much in the way of scenery
average time around 1 hour 15 minutes

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Vendinielle
Vendinielle

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 09, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A simple route that is charming. I really enjoyed the coolness of the greenery; it was very pleasant today.

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madydou
madydou ★

First of all, hello,
I’m sorry to hear about your misadventure.
I’m not sure which church you’re referring to, as the only church we came across was the one in Dénat, at the starting point.
Furthermore, the quality of the paths—whether good or bad—is not Visorando’s responsibility.
Finally, any damage to the path can (and should) be reported to the FFRP.

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chabert pierre
chabert pierre

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

The stretch of road leading to Grésille church has been completely ruined by so-called ‘green’ motorbikes; with the rain, there are proper puddles that are very slippery. A motorcyclist riding ahead of us skidded and broke a hip bone!!
Fire brigade, ambulance!!
As a result, and no doubt a bit shaken up, we set off on a different path to the one we were meant to take, and by 7 pm we were out of water, exhausted and 7 km from our starting point!! Fortunately, a very friendly young man took pity on us and gave us a lift back in his car; he told us we weren’t the only ones!!

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leducelisa
leducelisa

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 31, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A pleasant walk with the option to take a shorter route. No difficulty

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