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Start from one of the car parks located below the Rocher de la Chapelle Saint-Michel along the D13.
(S/E) Cross the Borne river via the bridge. You will arrive opposite the entrance to the drive-through supermarket. Turn right and walk 40 metres along Rue des Jardins, which runs behind the supermarket. Opposite the Allamand company building, turn left and follow the road uphill to the weather station antenna (Chemin de Jalavoux).
(1) The road goes around it on the right. Stay on this road, which offers a sweeping view of the town of Le Puy-en-Velay. It passes close to a high wall on your left, just after which you will come to the first crossroads. At this point, leave Chemin de la Météo and take the tarmac road on the right (at the entrance, there is a sign prohibiting heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes).
(2) At the next crossroads, take Chemin du Zéphir on the left. Just before the entrance to a farm, turn left onto a path. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the paths that branch off to the right or left, until you reach some reservoirs. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead on the road.
Before reaching the D13, leave the tarmac road and turn right onto a path. It descends into a small wood until it reaches a wide path. Turn left to descend this wide path to the D136.
(3) Cross the D136 with caution and continue straight ahead. At the crossroads, turn right towards the village of Cheyrac. In Cheyrac, ignore the first road on the right.
(4) Pass a drinking trough on your right. Then turn right onto Chemin de la Dentelière (same direction as for the "lodge du Tapissier"). After the entrance to the lodge du Tapissier, continue along the tarmac road which climbs uphill.
(5) At the next intersection, where there is a lamppost near a rubbish bin storage area, continue climbing to the left (Impasse de la Pierre) on the tarmac road towards a large arched gate closing off a beautiful residence with a sundial on its façade. Opposite this gate, continue climbing to the right between two high walls. At the next crossroads with a dirt track, leave the tarmac road which descends and follow the dirt track on the left which climbs. A little further on, you will come to a flat area in the middle of farmland which leads to a fork. Turn left onto a wide path which leads to a road near a cross at the northern entrance to Tressac.
(6) Turn left onto Rue du Clouzet to enter the village. At the first houses, turn right down Rue du Coudert, located behind the bus shelter.
(7) After the bend, turn right at a 90° angle to continue downhill, passing to the right of a storage area for rubbish bins. At the next crossroads, turn right again to leave the tarmac road. On the dirt track, you will have a clear view of the Polignac fortress. At the first intersection of paths, turn left downhill towards the D13.
Cross the D13 with caution! and continue straight ahead on the small road. In the bend, leave this road and climb up to the right on a stone path between low walls. A little further up, turn left to walk along the cemetery wall. After the cemetery entrance gate, turn left and go under a footbridge. Opposite the Vival, turn left onto Rue du Levant and follow the main street (ignore the side streets on the left and right) until you reach the nursery and the crossroads just after it.
(8) Turn left, then immediately right to follow the street called Chemin de Roche Grosse. At the next intersection, go down the path on the left.
(9) Pass under the D136 to reach the hamlet of La Malouteyre.
(10) At the crossroads, turn right onto Chemin de la Fontaine, which descends between the houses. At the intersection, turn sharply left onto Route de Malouteyre. At the junction between Chemin de la Malouteyre and Route du Mont-Denise, turn right to continue downhill, keeping straight ahead.
(11) At the "Stop 150m" sign and the high-voltage electrical substation, turn left onto a very small street between two high walls. Cross the D13 to continue downhill opposite via Chemin des Sources. Near the rubbish bins, turn right. Cross the N102 to take Rue du Pont Vieux opposite. Take the second road on the left (the first is a dead end) to continue along Rue du Pont Vieux and cross the Borne river via the Estrouilhas bridge.
(12) At the end of the bridge, turn left to reach the bank of the Borne and walk along the rear facades of the Puy municipal buildings. Then pass under one of the arches of the Pont Neuf. Enter the public garden paths by turning left. Continue along the path between the campsite fence and the tennis courts.
(13) Near the entrance to the campsite, continue straight ahead along the banks of the Borne to return to the starting point (S/E).
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