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Park in the car park along the D185. This car park is opposite the junction where the Route des Maillets (or Mayets) begins, which you will take on your return.
(S/E) Walk down a few metres and turn right onto a stony track marked in yellow and begin the winding climb. Keep right at the first two forks and you will come to a T-junction.
(1) Turn left, then right at the hairpin bend 250 metres further on and join a track.
(2) Cross the track and continue straight ahead. The yellow markings are no longer visible, but they have been replaced by orange dots (local markings?). Continue climbing through the undergrowth. Pass two tracks on the right, then, after a sharp right-hand bend, you will reach a junction below the ridge.
(3) Leave theGR® (white and red markings) which branches off to the left and join the ridge. Then turn right and follow an unmarked track south-west until you rejoin theGR® which descends towards the valley.
(4) Turn right and start climbing a steep slope until you reach the Montagne de Peitieux marker. Turn left and continue straight ahead until you reach a wide track.
(5) Follow this wide track on the left to reach the Col de la Croix Rouge.
(6) At the pass, follow the small tarmac road opposite, then turn right at the fork. After about 200 metres, turn right and head towards the chapel for a lovely view.
Turn back, turn right, pass the cemetery on your right and take the dirt track alongside the apricot orchard. Then leave theGR®9on your left, which goes up towards Les Guards, and turn right onto an old track that crosses a very old chestnut grove.
(7) Admire the very old chestnut trees on the way down. The path then plunges into marly terrain along a small stream that is often dry. It emerges through a vineyard and leads to a farm called Les Mayets.
Turn right and finish by going down the tarmac road that leads back to the junction where you parked (S/E).
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