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When arriving in Roquerlan by road, follow the signs to the car park at the top of the hamlet. Park on the grassy area, which can accommodate six to seven vehicles.
(S/E) Go back down the road you came up until you reach the first crossroads.
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Turn right and follow the sign for "Sentier des Escaunelles". The tarmac quickly gives way to a wide double track. Once you reach the Croix de Roquerlan junction, keep left and do the same at the crossroads at the bottom of the descent to quickly reach the road leading to Les Escaunelles.
(1) Cross over and take the wide sunken path opposite, which leads downhill to the Ruisseau de Ladoux stream. Cross the stream and then start the climb back up towards Les Escaunelles. After about 400 metres, ignore the path that starts on the right (not shown on the map) and continue straight on to the hamlet.
Go straight ahead between two houses, past two recycling bins and continue straight ahead on a slight incline. At the end of the hamlet, the tarmac gives way to a wide path identical to the one you have just left.
(2) When you reach a high point, turn right at a 90° angle, cross a meadow and enter the undergrowth. A little further on, ignore the path that descends to the right and continue straight ahead to a large star-shaped crossroads where six different paths lead off (elevation 720) and where you will leave the PR® markings .
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(3) Go straight ahead and continue climbing gently uphill.
(4) Be careful not to miss this junction, which is not very visible on the ground! Leave the wide track you have been following and take a grassy path, which is quite difficult to see for the first few metres, climbing up to the right. This path alternates between clear and overgrown sections before leading to a wide stony track.
(5) Continue along this track, going almost straight ahead on flat ground. Join another gravel track on the right and follow it to the first hairpin bend, where you will find an information panel about the Nore National Forest and a small picnic area with tables, benches and a stone barbecue.
(6) At the end of the bend, turn left onto the Route Forestière de Roquetaillade. At the first hairpin bend (sign saying "Danger - Traversée d'engins agricoles" [Danger - Agricultural machinery crossing]), ignore the path that starts on the right and continue left on the main track. At the next junction with a building on the left, turn right uphill and continue to the large crossroads at Croix des Vaissières.
(7) Turn right and continue along the edge of the forest until you reach another crossroads (sign with the number 93 on a tree).
(8) Continue straight ahead.
(9) Ignore the steep path coming from the right and continue straight ahead. At the hairpin bend, leave the path you have been following on your left and veer slightly to the right to quickly reach another fork. Then turn left onto a wide path that descends straight between the ferns to another cross path.
(10) Turn right. There is a beautiful view on the left over some pastures and the first wind turbines on the Sambrès plateau on the other side of the valley. You will reach a fork in the shape of an inverted Y.
(11) Continue straight ahead on the path, which is now gravel. Pass a fountain on your right and reach the entrance to the hamlet, where you can simply walk down the small tarmac road to return to the car park (S/E).
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