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Park in the Pont de Chervil car park, opposite the old Chalencon railway station.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, head right to the hiking information sign, located at the “Dolce Via” picnic area, after crossing the junction.
Follow the yellow and red markings for theGR® de Pays de Vernoux, which follows the river.
(1) Pass by the confluence of the Eyrieux and Talaron rivers and continue towards Le Cheylard and Le Glo.
(2) At the Glo signpost, turn right towards Saint-Jean Chambre and Péallières. At the next two junctions, follow the path climbing to the right. Further on, it becomes slightly steeper; a chain has been installed on a very short, somewhat vertiginous section.
Continue through the woods, staying on this very well-marked path, cross the Glo stream and climb up the opposite side. You will reach a sign indicating a temporary diversion due to a landslide. Turn left onto this diversion path, which goes round the Péaillères farm on the left and leads to a small road of the same name.
(3) Mât de Péallières: continue on theGRP® by following the small road to the left leading to the hamlet of Glo, towards Saint-Jean Chambre and Le Freysse.
After the second left-hand bend, turn right onto a path heading north-north-west, climbing above the Glo farm and continuing to the buildings at La Pièce. The path becomes trickier due to the grass, brambles and nettles lining it. It follows the boundary wall below the house and, a little further up, joins the small road to Mourier.
Turn right onto this small road and pass through the buildings of the hamlet of Mourier.
(4) After a bend, take a path on the left (signposted ‘Serpoul l’Ancien’) leading up towards a small rocky outcrop and a small plateau.
The path continues, well signposted, through woods and vegetation sometimes overgrown with ferns, nettles... then the landscape opens up, offering some beautiful views. You reach the first houses of the hamlet of l'Aulagner, which you do not pass through.
(5) After the first house, the path turns sharply right (markings in the form of a rounded arrow on the ground, which can be misleading). Continue, ignoring the various path branches to the right or left. Reach the hamlet of Fraysse, then the small road on the right. Follow it to the signpost.
(6) Leave theGRP® and take thePR® path on the right, marked in yellow and white, towards Pracoulet and Chalencon.
Follow this wooded ridge line, heading south-southeast, ignoring the various paths that join it on the right or left until you reach a T-junction of two small roads.
(7) Head up the road to the right towards Chaumenasson, then a few metres further on, turn left onto the steps of a small path that continues to a three-way junction. Follow the path on the left, signposted ‘Oppidum’.
From the rampart wall above the orientation board (illegible), continue down the path to the Place de l’Église in Chalencon. A must-see visit through the narrow streets of this beautiful village with its rich heritage.
From the corner of Rue du Valla and Rue Principale, head straight down opposite, cross Rue Royale, and continue to the junction of Route de Lanteyron and Route de Chambaud.
(8) At this junction, head down Route de Chambaud to the right. At the next crossroads, by the Croix de l’Hubac, follow the small yellow and white-marked road straight ahead towards Saint-Sauveur de Montagut, le Vigneron. At the first fork, take the left-hand path, following the markings.
(8) Ignore the first track on the left leading to Chamba. The road winds in a hairpin bend, then heads towards houses belonging to the scattered hamlet of Bourdel.
Walk past these houses. Descend along a very pretty paved slanting street winding through the woodland. Stay on this main path until you reach the "Dolce Via" (the route shown on the IGN map, which passes very close to the Vigneron farm, does not quite match the terrain, but this is not a problem as there are plenty of markers and the path is well signposted).
(10) Head back up to the right, staying on the "Dolce Via" at all times, until you reach the Pont de Chervil car park (S/E).
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