Malganne pond

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : Opposite the start sign, turn left onto the D564. After 300 m, take the left-hand path ; at the first crossroads, turn right, join a road and continue straight ahead. Keep right through the hamlet of Le Glufareix. At a right-angled bend in the road, cross the fence on the left and drive along the barbed-wire fence. Leave the meadow, continue on a track and cross a stream. Turn left to reach the road. Turn left for 150 m, then right just after the entrance porch to Château de Barmontel. After 350 m (view of the Monts Dores), turn right onto the road, pass over a pond dike and, after 300 m, fork right onto the track. At the fork, turn left and continue to an intersection at the horn of the wood.

Step 2 : Turn right at an acute angle and follow this path (1.3 km). Cross a road and continue straight ahead for 400 m. At the entrance to a curve, turn left along a fence to cross a meadow. Reach a tree-lined track which joins a carriage road shortly afterwards ; take this to the right as far as an intersection in a clearing. Turn right and, at the D564 road, continue straight ahead. Turn left onto a cross-country track, then right to a T-junction.

Step 3 : Go right ; at the next crossroads, take a path through the undergrowth which joins a track near the ultralight runway. Take this to the left (view of Etang de Malganne), pass the weir of Etang de Malganne, continue ignoring the side paths and enter the hamlet of Angoilas. At the T-junction in the village, turn left, then right. As you climb the hill, fork left to return to Verneugheol.

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