La source de Charponne

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step :

Étape 1 : From the start sign in the square near the church, walk past the church and follow the D50. At the Soleil Levant exit, take the grassy track on the left. At the T-junction, fork right and continue straight on for 800 m until you reach the crossroads. Turn left and climb up to the road.

Étape 2 : Go left. At Mas Solivet (granite wash-house), with a view of Saint-Quintin, turn right. At the T-junction 300 m further on, turn left. At the road, turn right and follow the first path on the left down to the bottom of the valley. Continue up the other side of the valley. After the pond, at the crossroads, turn left onto the track leading down to the T-junction after the Pré du Moulin stream.

Étape 3 : Turn left onto the track that runs alongside the stream. Cross a footbridge. At the D412 road, turn right and take the first track on the left (Etang sur la Cigogne). At the crossroads, turn left to cross a footbridge and climb up through the undergrowth to the road. Follow the road to the right. Ignore the track on the right and continue as far as the crossroads.

Étape 4 : Turn left onto Rue du Domaine; at the entrance to the hamlet, turn right and, at the exit, fork left. Take the track on the right, then the one rising to the left. At the road, turn left for 50 m and then right onto the grassy path. At the T-junction, go right as far as the road.