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Access: Saint-Germain-Lembron (A75 Exit 17), head towards Ardes-sur-Couze (D214); after 6 km, turn right onto the D723 towards Madriat (car park in front of the town hall).
Signposting: Yellow
(S/E) From the town hall car park, take the road on the right towards the village centre, stay on the main road towards Boudes (D142).
(1) After crossing the bridge over the Mériniot stream and seeing houses ahead, take the path on the left towards the village of Bard.
(2) At the entrance to the village (a wine-growing hamlet), take Rue Notre-Dame de la Valeyre straight ahead, then turn left onto Rue des Fontaines. At the junction, turn right onto the street, then left onto Chemin de Coustoune.
(3) At the sign for the Source de Bard (saltwater spring), take the path on the right to the spring.
Return via the same path; on the way back, once you’ve rejoined the path, turn right.
(4) After a steep climb, at the junction with the path leading to the Vallée des Saints, turn left.
(5) At the junction with other hiking trails and 50m past the high-voltage power line, turn left (you’ll have a view of the Lembron, the Pic de l’Avoiron and the Pic de Montcelet), and continue along the path.
(6) At the entrance to the hamlet of Brugère-Basse, take the road on the left and pass a cluster of restored houses where festivities (weddings and other events) are held, then continue along the path, crossing two streams.
(7) At the entrance to the hamlet of Letz, take the path opposite that runs between the houses currently being restored.
(8) When you reach the Château de Letz, turn left onto the road leading downhill, then take the first road on the right leading out of the hamlet.
(9) Take the first path on the left after the high-voltage power line; at the fork in the road, take the path on the right and, at the second fork in the road, keep right.
(10) At the junction, take the path on the right.
(11) At the junction with theGRP® (Yellow/Red), take the path on the left and head towards the village of Madriat (S/E).
I’ve done this twice before and took some friends along to see it; it’s a lovely, easy walk with two pretty hamlets to see and a mix of woodland and paths
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