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On the D28 between Saint-Julien-Du-Pinet and Bessamorel. Parking is available around Champ du Prau, near the crossroads where the small road from the hamlet of Glavenas joins.
(S/E) Start the hike by taking this road, heading south-west, following the sign for the Chapel of Glavenas (red and whiteGR®40markings). You will reach the small hamlet of Glavenas after 800 metres.
(1) Head for a short round trip to the small chapel overlooking it. Then retrace your steps and, at the foot of the chapel, take the steep path on the right marked in red and white. 450 metres further down, you will reach the first houses of the village of Le Prat. Cross it, heading straight ahead. At the crossroads at the bottom of the village, take the road on the right. You will find yourself on the road known as La Galoche (yellow markings are sometimes difficult to see). Continue along this road heading west for 1.7km.
(2) Look for a sign on the left-hand side of the road indicating "Le Moulin du Pinard" and follow the path down to the left to the banks of the Suissesse river and the freely accessible mill site. Turn around and go back up the road you left earlier.
(2) Take the road on the left, running alongside the river. After 1.3 km, you will reach the Saint-Julien-Du-Pinet quarry, which operates during the week but is quiet at weekends. Continue straight on towards Rosières (signposted, heading west). At the quarry, the road continues along a very pleasant track. After 500 metres, cross the viaduct (where a serious derailment occurred in June 1944) and continue for another 200 metres.
(3) Leave the greenway (and the yellow markings) just before the viaduct, where the old railway line makes a sharp left turn. Then take the small tarmac road on the right towards the hamlet of Chavalamard.
(4) At the second house in Chavalamard, continue along the road that turns left. At the next houses, turn right and continue along the wide path. Turn right onto a wide path at the next intersection.
(5) Leave a wide path on your left and turn left at the next intersection. After 200 metres, you will reach the upper part of the Saint-Julien quarry.
Please note that even though it may seem like you are entering private property, if you follow the signs and do not cross any barriers, there is no problem and you will be able to explore the quarry.
There is only one possible route, a track heavily marked by machinery that descends rapidly to the right. At a bend, 100 metres further down, leave the quarry by taking the forest path on the left.
(6) After 600 metres, you will reach the first houses of the village of Les Pinolles. Immediately continue to the left on the path, which quickly becomes a small tarmac road, ignoring two roads on the right that lead down to Varenne. The road quickly turns left and heads north. Stay on this road for 1.2 km, ignoring two roads that branch off to the left.
(7) At the end of the straight road, just before a small bridge, turn right onto the road heading west. Continue for 800 metres until you reach the hamlet of Le Cros de Mortessagne.
(8) At the top of the hamlet, turn right and continue along the road between the houses. At the exit, the tarmac road continues along a farm track which immediately crosses another track. Take the track on the left. After 700 metres, you will reach the hamlet of La Rétisse.
(9) At the top of the hamlet, join the D28 and turn right. Follow the D28 and turn left at the second small road to go around Champ Du Prau (heading east).
(10) At the last houses on the left, you will come to a crossroads. Take theGR®40, then turn right towards the south-east and after 500 metres you will reach the starting point (S/E).
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