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Start: Place de l’Église in Sainte-Gemme (81). This route is fully signposted in yellow (PR®).
(S/E) Walk past the town hall and head north towards the water tower, the highest point in the village. At the water tower, turn left (west) and follow a small tarmac road downhill. Ignore a road on the left at a pond on the right.
(1) Shortly afterwards, at the three-way junction, turn left, head up towards La Peyrade, cross the hamlet and continue along this small road.
(2) At the junction, turn left and cross the hamlet of Valats. At the three-way junction at the end of the hamlet, go straight on (keep left; a sign indicates the direction). The small road turns into a good track.
(3) Cross a stream, the Céret. Continue along the track and, further up, take the access road to the hamlet known as Le Rat.
(4) At the junction, follow the sign and the markers to the left for ‘Balade en Ségala’, along a path. Join the D888 and turn left immediately, behind the safety barrier.
(5) At the junction, take the road on the left towards Sainte-Gemme.
(6) Just past the last house in Le Cayla, follow the path to the left of the road, which winds down towards the Céret, crossing it a second time.
(7) At the junction with a sign, turn right to join a road and cross the Céret for a third time via the bridge on the right, then take a good track on the left towards “Combevieille”.
(8) In the hamlet of Combevieille, turn left at the sign and continue to the next junction.
(9) At the junction of paths, turn left and cross the Céret for the fourth and final time. Head back up towards Sainte-Gemme.
(10) On the road, walk 50 m uphill and turn onto the path on the right, then immediately right again. Walk through the village to return to Place de l'Église (S/E).
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