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Start from the school in Saint-Étienne-Cantalès, sign for “Liaison Marais de Cassan”.
No signposting
(S/E) Head down towards the “Tour du Lac” path and follow it to the left. The path is covered with white pebbles.
(1) At the swimming pool, stay on the white pebbles and continue along the lake.
(2) Head up towards the D18 road.
Green signposts
Turn right onto the D18.
(3) At the junction in the hamlet of Lestrade, carry on along the D18 and follow it for about 1 km.
(4) After a wide bend to the right and before a bend to the left, leave the road and take a well-marked path on the left, heading downhill at a right angle. Walk straight through the hamlet of Labro, then cross a bridge over the railway line.
(5) Cross the first footbridge over the marsh and continue along the path.
(6) At Le Devèz, there is a shelter and a beekeeping display. Turn left onto the tarmac road, which continues as a wide forest track.
(7) The signposted route goes round the woodland, but you can take a shortcut via a well-marked path on the right through the woods (200 m after passing under the high-voltage power lines). At the end of the path, about 300 m on, rejoin the green signposting and continue to the right. You’ll reach a car park.
(8) Note the main signpost marking the start of the Marais de Cassan route.
Turn left into the car park, then cross the road to follow a path running parallel on the right-hand side. 500 m further on, the path turns right at a right angle.
(9) The nature trail (blue markings) branches off to the left towards the car park. Ignore this and carry on straight ahead along the path.
(10) At a villa, turn right onto the dirt track and follow it for 500 m.
(11) At the dead end, follow the path to the right then to the left, which leads to a footbridge. After the footbridge, turn left then right.
(12) In the hamlet of Lacamp, carry on straight ahead along the tarmac road until you reach the junction with the D361.
(13) Carry on straight ahead, towards “La Frescaldie”, until you reach the next junction.
(14) Turn right onto the tarmac road, following signs for “La Vieille”, then immediately right onto a dirt track. Join the D361 and continue to the left (signposted “Lagarrigue”).
(15) At the “Calvanhac le Cassan” sign, carry on straight ahead on the D361.
(16) At the end of this road, turn left at the level crossing, then immediately right onto a dirt track. Join the D18.
(17) Turn right onto it for 100 m, then head up a track on the left-hand side. At the top of this, take the tarmac road to the right to rejoin the D18.
(4) Continue straight on along the D18.
(3) At the hamlet of Lestrade (rubbish bins, bus shelter), two roads branch off to the right at right angles. Drive a short way along the second one, then immediately turn left onto a passable dirt track signposted “Coquille Saint-Jacques”. Do not take the tarmac road running parallel to it, signposted “Lieu-dit Le Puech”, as it is a dead end.
Pass under the high-voltage power lines and reach a road.
(18) Continue to the left, pass through the old village of Saint-Étienne-Cantalès and head towards the school in Saint-Étienne-Cantalès, signposted “Liaison Marais de Cassan” (S/E).
