Menat country loop-around: Stage 3 St Pardoux - Blot-L'Eglise

The Boucle du Pays de Menat starting from Servant is a 124 km itinerary in the heart of the Sioule and Combrailles gorges.
This third stage of 21.5 km connects the communes of Saint-Pardoux and Blot-l'Eglise.

Stage 3: St Pardoux / Blot-l'Eglise: 21.5 km - 6h15

Start: After the church, take the road on the left, towards Blot-l'Eglise. Follow it for 800 m, then turn left onto a dirt track (iron gate). Continue on the main track, passing over the Sep stream at a sharp left-hand bend. At the fork, turn left, then, after a sharp left-hand bend, take the right-hand climb. After a wooden gate, descend to the left and continue straight on to the water's edge.

1 - Go around the dam to the left. Take the iron footbridge over the Sep and continue to the right. Cross the dam, follow the road for 150 m and take the track on the right. Follow the path alongside the dam up to a fork in the road. Turn right at the road (D122), then right again for
right for 200 m and continue straight ahead on a dirt track.

2 - After a large embankment, turn left. Keep right at the next two intersections until you reach the D122. Continue along the track opposite. Turn right at a large left-hand bend. Back on the road, at Pery, turn right, then immediately left onto a tree-lined gravel track. At the fork in the road, turn right, then right again at the next two forks. At “Le Perissel”, take the road to the left, then, after 100 m, take the narrow dirt track rising to the left until you reach the D122.

3 - Follow the road on the left for 50m, then take the dirt track on the right (steel barrier). At the road, turn left twice until you see the village of Blot l'Église on your right, then join the town center.