Limousin Walking Routes

Walking Route of Bridiers and L'etang de la Cazine, La Souterraine

The original French version can be found here:

Mapped route #1 - Bridiers, distance 9km

Follow the lakeside beach and climb back up bearing right towards a wood.  Cross the wood and rejoin thedwellings: keep left to follow the way that slips between two houses. Follow it to the D951 crossing (prudence). Continue on the road straight ahead, cross Bridiers and go out by atrack that it is necessary to follow ahead to enter into the box. After the climb: left andtake back down the way until another junction. Climb back up by the right and follow until a track. Rejoin the preceding intersection and return towards Bridiers. Before the town, follow the trail right,then a way to the left.  Back on the road and rejoin the D951 to cross it. Follow the way in theopposite direction but, halfway, take the right road to emerge on higher ground. Descend the way that continues on a road, that it is necessary to follow next on the left, then leave again on the left towards theindustrial zone. 

Mapped route #16 - L'etang de la Cazine, distance 10km

Join and follow the D74 to the left for 2 km. At the intersection, go past the modern building and continue by the track along the lake. In Serrier, lead to the road, then turn left while following a street that continues to a track.  In front of the farm, fork towards the right and go through the woods. At the intersection, turn left. Ignore the left lane and continue on the edge of the wood until the buildings of the Fôt.  Follow the track to the right, then take a path that rises to the left. The path goes straight, then zigzags in the wood until you arrive at the conifers. Descend the wood, take the road to the right, then a way that descends towards the left. Looking at the hotel / restaurant, follow the road ahead, reach and pass the Forges farm.  At the intersection: turn right to pass between the two ponds. At Beaulieu, follow ahead and climb back up the track to Noth.

The Way of St James

Also known as the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

The way of St James was an important Christian pilgrimage to northern Spain during the middle ages. Pilgrims travelled to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela to seek forgiveness from St James, via one of four hiking routes all leading to the town of Santiago de Compostela. Modern day pilgrims from all over the world continue to walk these routes to this day.

One of the four major historical routes, the Vézelay Route, crosses the Limousin. Most of the route is waymarked using the European "scallop-shell".