Pranles via the Route des Dragonnades

Date of your route : Aug 20, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike with no difficulty and varied landscapes – a shaded sunken path at the start, more arid pastures, chestnut groves and a river – as well as very interesting stops at the Vavarais Protestant Museum and the Moulin du Mandy mill.

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Date of your route : May 24, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk with two small children aged 6 and 4 who were perfectly capable of walking. It was well suited!

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Date of your route : Oct 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

As this hike was intended for a group of elderly people, to avoid ending with a long climb up a stony path, we decided to test it in the opposite direction to the one suggested and shortened it.
However, we will have to wait until the water level at the Mandy mill ford has dropped before we can do it with the group.
A visit to the church in Pranles is a must: it's not far out of the way.

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Date of your route : Sep 02, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Pleasant hike, no problems with caterpillars in August.

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Date of your route : Jan 10, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Caution! It's difficult to cross the stream behind Mandy's mill in January—it's a river!

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Date of your route : Jul 31, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

same problem as the previous hiker (caterpillars)
old and irregular markings

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Date of your route : Jul 24, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

We encountered significant challenges due to caterpillars (box tree moths) descending along their threads, forming veritable curtains. We turned back shortly after Charbonnier, as it was impossible to proceed normally. We had to swat the air with our walking sticks, which was exhausting and slowed our progress considerably, and we were entangled in threads! We had encountered them a little earlier, and it was manageable but borderline. So this walk should only be done when these caterpillars are not present!
Then, at point number 3, we took the path after the first bend, but then we couldn't see the path leading to Charbonnier and found ourselves back at the starting point of the bend. So we continued along the road, thinking we had taken a wrong turn, and that's how we ended up in Charbonnier after all.
That said, we would have turned back because of the abundance of caterpillars...!
It's a shame, because we weren't able to visit the Moulin de Mandy.
Best regards

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