A short 9km walk but of some interest on a hot day.Route: leaving the car in the car park on the Col de Ceyssat (not the main car park for the train) and taking the signed Chemin de Muletiers steeply up hill, though shaded to begin with, on a zigzagging path through trees, emerging onto the main developed summit (with train station, cafe and bar, Temple of Mercury (and exhibition about it) and an inaccessible transmitter station on the very summit) and circling it clockwise ending with a beer on a viewing deck. Descending on the road by the train track to a wooden staircase. Down onto a broad shoulder and onwards in trees to reach a cairn /water fountain. Turning left at signs and following a path often through trees back round to the start.
Conditions: in direct sun, very hot.
Pub: at the summit, the Puy de Dome summit cafe (Chez Epicure) for 25cl of Affligem. Afterwards at the Hotel Roche, Orcival, for Dorian Amber and Blanche.
