200 kilometers through the landscapes of the Périgord Limousin Regional Natural Park, in a country where the langue d'oc emerges at the same time as the granite, and recalls the beliefs, the legends which populate the chestnut forests...
This stage will take you from Dournazac to St Pierre de Frugie.
Route stages
Step 1 - Go to the hamlet of Puyroby, and at the end of the road continue on a path on the left. At the exit of the forest at the intersection with another path, turn left. Arrive on a small road, turn left. At the junction with the RD64, continue on the small road opposite towards “La Rougerie”.
At the first bend, leave the road and continue on a path to the left. The path arrives between houses and comes out on a road. Turn right, head towards the hamlet, cross the road and take the small road opposite. Take the first path on the right, and continue on this path.
60 At the junction with the RD64, continue on the small road opposite. Pass the hamlet of “Maison Neuve”, stay on the road until the hamlet of “Monchaty”.
At “Monchaty” turn left, leave a road on the right, pass between the houses and continue on the white path. Pass near the ponds and the Firbeix forge (you are entering the Dordogne), then take the road on the right. On a small tarmac road, follow a hedge behind which is the Firbeix castle (not open to visitors). Continue on this same road. At the end of this turn right onto the Nationale 21. Walk alongside the pond on the left.
At the call sign, head towards the church.
Step 2 - In Firbeix, pass the church and continue until the Puybernard sign.
61 Turn left onto a small asphalt road. Enter the hamlet and take the dirt and grass path on the right. (GR+ St Jacques markings).
Enter the forest of Vassoux / Vieillecours, a place rich in important fauna and flora, where the first maquis of the Dordogne was located.
Follow the path between the chestnut trees.
Walk along the railway line to arrive at a small disused station. After a few meters arrive on an asphalt road.
62 At a place called Les Landes, turn right.
At the intersection turn left, walk alongside a pond, as well as the Frugie castle. Notice a small renovated religious building near the pond. At the end of the road turn right, you are in Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie, an ecological village in Dordogne.