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Park in the car park of the Saint-Martin de Vignogoul Medical Centre.
(S/E) From the car park, return to the entrance of the medical centre and take the widest dirt track (PR®) running along the left-hand side of the buildings. At the junction with the D5E5, turn left and follow the road. Follow thePR® markings to the old abbey , crossing the road with caution.
(1) Pick up and continue on thePR®, going around the abbey on the left. Continue to a crossroads.
(2) At this crossroads, where you will see a "no exit" sign opposite, leave thePR® on your right (return route) and continue left towards the south-south-west. Keep going in this direction until you reach a tarmac road crossing.
(3) At this crossroads, when you see the first houses of Pignan, turn right onto the slightly uphill tarmac road. After the top of the slope, the tarmac gives way to a stony path. Ignore all the turnings until you reach the D27E6. Note a cross on your right.
(4) Turn right onto the departmental road. Follow it for about 200 metres. Very soon after the old go-kart track, leave the road and turn right. The tarmac road is open at first, then shaded by pine trees. Walk alongside the sewage treatment plant (no odour) and continue straight ahead.
(5) About 200 metres further on, at a fork, leave the dirt track on your left and continue straight ahead until you see a property.
(6) At the corner of this property, turn onto a path on the left, initially bordered by a low wall on the right. It continues through a pine forest. It arrives at a small mound of earth, which you cross. Immediately after this mound, take the small path on the left through the undergrowth, then along a vineyard until you reach a perpendicular track.
(7) The path on the right is private. Head left until you reach the start of a path about 20 metres before a crossroad (D27E6).
(8) On the right, at the end of a small clearing, there is an uphill path bordered by a wooden railing. After a right-hand bend, you will reach the first crossroads.
(9) Turn right and continue uphill. Keep following the path as it climbs.
(10) Pass the summit of Truc Pelat and continue to the next junction.
(11) At thissecond junction, turn right, heading south to thethird junction, about 150 m further on, marked by the remains of a low wall.
(12) Turn completely left. About thirty metres further on, on the right, you will see a clearly marked opening in a small stone wall.
(13) Go through this opening; the trail continues downhill, still in the wooded area. Keep to the main path until you reach the edge of the woods.
(14) Continue straight ahead on the clearly visible trail and ignore the path leading off to the right. You will come to a junction with a wide path running perpendicular to it.
(15) Turn right. Then continue straight ahead. Cross a small road leading up to the houses on the left. Walk alongside the vineyard for about a hundred metres until you reach a second tarmac road.
(16) At this junction, take thePR® on the right. Continue south-southeast to reach a tarmac road.
(17) Cross the small tarmac road and continue straight ahead to return to the junction of the circular route.
(2) Turn left and follow the same route as on the way out to return to the car park (S/E).
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