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There are numerous parking spaces available near the campsite, the community hall and the shopping centre.
(S/E) From the road leading from Pont des Issoux, join the RN102, cross it carefully at the pedestrian crossing, go around the Town Hall on the left to reach Rue des Écoles, follow it on the right to the church.
(1) Turn left onto Rue de la Penderie (yellow/white markings). Pass to the right of the cemetery, keep to the right and continue to Halary. Stay in the middle lane, follow the markings and the tarmac road to the end, where you will find a path on the left that climbs into the woods.
(2) Climb up to the left and reach the hamlet of Les Terrisses. When you reach the tarmac, turn left, then right, then right again onto the wide path, uphill, bordered by a fence on the left.
(3) At the corner of the wire fence, the path branches off to the left (short steep climb, markings on the ground not very visible). After a beautiful climb through a very wild area of abandoned chestnut groves, the path is bordered by a makeshift fence and reaches a flat area.
(4) Take the wide path on the right and descend (south-west) to reach the source of the Terrisses stream (arch under the path as you cross the valley). Continue downhill and go around Serre Méjean on the left. Keep right at the three-way junction and you will come out onto a wide plateau overlooking the Prades valley, visible to the south.
(5) On the right, a bulldozer-cut path climbs towards the hamlet of Puy de Prades. Walk along the left side of the hamlet and take the path through the meadows that continues in the same direction. Continue on level ground, carefully closing the gates to the horse paddock behind you. Follow the beautiful path through the woods, which remains fairly level. At the tarmac road, continue to the junction with Route de Fabras.
(6) Turn left, then follow the footpath signs uphill through the village. After the church, keep left, then turn right briefly at the end of the traffic island, then left, still following the same footpath markings. Join the uphill path overlooking the main road and then head into the woods. After a large bend to the right, descend to Les Soulhets (Souillets on the IGN map).
(7) In the middle of the hamlet, descend between the houses. At Mas Bastide, leave the hamlet on your right and take the path that continues downhill and eastwards. Follow the yellow/white markings. After two hairpin bends on the descent, follow the valley floor to the Pont de Prades bridge. At the crossroads, turn right to join the D19.
(8) Cross the D19 with caution. Turn left and then right to cross the nearby bridge, then walk along the right-hand side of the factory. Turn left above the factory and join the D223. Turn left and follow the road downhill on the left. Cross another bridge at Champredon and rejoin the D19 (this detour avoids a dangerous stretch of the D19, which is very busy).
(9) Cross the D19 and then the park opposite. Take the street on the right and, after about 50 metres, take the path that climbs to the left until you reach the town.
(10) At the crossroads, two streets branch off to the left. Do not take the first one, which goes uphill, but the second one, which is level and below the previous one (ignore all the streets on the right). Join Rue des Écoles, which you took on the way there. Turn right to retrace your steps to the car park (S/E).
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