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Start at the car park by La Llagonne town hall.
(S/E) Walk up Rue du Pré, then turn left onto Promenade du Cambre d’Aze until you reach the EDF transformer. Turn left and follow the signs forthe PR®®19. Turn left onto Rue d’En Tartes until you reach the riding centre. Continue along a track until you reach some meadows, then turn left onto a path through the woodland.
(1) Turn right onto the path leading to Col del Mel.
(2) Turn left at the junction and join the D332 opposite a picnic area.
(3) Cross carefully and continue along the path opposite until you reach the ridge. Follow the track downhill to the Pla de les Postes and carry on straight ahead for about 200 metres.
(4) Just before a fence, turn right onto a path leading to the small lake known as Lac de la Jasse de Calvet (Jaça d’en Calbet). Go round it on the left to reach a forest track.
(5) Turn left, cross a log bridge and reach a junction of forest tracks. Ignore the track on the right, which leads to Bernardi, and follow the one on the left. 100 m further on, at the next junction, continue straight ahead over undulating terrain.
(6) Leave thePR®®19and go straight on, towards Route des Bouillouses and Mas de la Borde. Reach the access road to Lac des Bouillouses.
(7) Follow it to the right as far as the shuttle bus stop (during the summer season). Turn left and cross several log bridges and a bridge, following the signs for Pla de Barrès. Just after the bridge, turn left onto a path that follows the banks of the Têt as far as another bridge leading to the Camping des Bouillouses.
(8) Do not cross this bridge but turn right, continuing along the banks of the Têt towards Mont-Louis.
Please note: at the time of writing, one of the signposts is rotated by 90° and points towards Mont-Louis in the wrong direction. After passing the sewage treatment plant on the opposite bank, join a forest track and follow it to the left to reach the D618.
(9) Without crossing the D618, immediately take the path leading down to the left, running alongside the waste collection centre gate. Continue until you reach a tunnel that takes you under a bend in the road linking Mont-Louis to La Llagonne, and take this road
(10) Leave the “La Llagonne – Balcons de la Têt” path on your left and follow the River Têt along the straight tarmac road leading to Mont-Louis.
(11) Take care and do not stray from the path from this point onwards, as the surrounding area is used as a military training ground. Take the fortifications path on the left, just below a building, and follow it round the Citadelle barracks. Take a look at the various training equipment used by the commando units.
(12) Turn left to reach the junction of Rue du Foirail and Rue Mirabeau. Follow the latter, turn left to pass the post office and continue straight ahead to reach the South Gate. Leave the village walls and head towards the N116.
(13) Before reaching the road, turn right onto the continuation of the fortifications path running parallel to the N116, and return to the entrance to the military grounds.
(11) Turn left onto the small tarmac road, heading in the opposite direction to your outward journey.
(10) Continue straight on, following the signs for Les Balcons de la Têt – La Llagonne. Cross the small bridge over the Têt and follow the path until you reach the D118.
(14) Cross this departmental road with care, walk alongside it, turning right for a few metres, then leave it by taking the path that heads left uphill towards La Llagonne. Pass the entrance to the cemetery on your right and join the Promenade du Pré de la Ville.
(15) Turn left, then left again to follow the Promenade du Cambre d’Aze, which you took at the start. Then turn right onto Rue du Pré to return to the town hall car park (S/E).
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