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Leave your car in the car park by Lacaune Church.
(S) Walk round the church to reach the village centre. Cut across Avenue Gambetta and head up towards the town hall. Cross the Place de la Vierge and walk past the statue.
Yellow PR® signposts for the Montalet – Yellow and Red GRP® signposts for the Hautes Terres d’Oc
Keep to the right and head up Rue de la Murette. Just before the end of the street, turn left onto Chemin des Castels; there is a signpost at the corner of the path. Ignore a path leading down to the left, and you’ll come out in front of the entrance to a large white house.
Go round the house and climb up the track to its left. A junction marks the end of the climb. Look for a narrow path nearby on the left.
(1) Wind your way along the narrow path, cutting across the Plo de Pinel track, and climb up to the Roc des Écus. The climb is steep towards the end of the path.
(2) Viewpoint over the Monts de Lacaune valley. Continue the ascent towards the Sagne du Loup. You’ll reach the wide, gravelly cross-country track.
(3) Follow it to the left and climb up to the Plo des Parcs, 1,155 m.
Yellow markings: “Follow the Enfant Sauvage”
(4) Leave the gravel track and follow the Enfant Sauvage path.
(5) Leave the GRP® Hautes Terres d’Oc and continue to follow the Enfant Sauvage. Cross the Pont de Lunès. The track descends gently towards two Y-junctions, very close to one another. Take the two right-hand branches.
Follow the yellow markings and keep the Rieufrech stream on your right.
(6) At this reverse fork in the road, carry on straight ahead. Continue to follow the Rieufrech stream, heading generally south. Ignore a path branching off to the left, then another to the right. You’ll reach a three-way junction.
(7) Take the right-hand fork, follow the red and yellow markings, and stick to the path shown here, heading straight on towards a small bridge on the right.
Cross the small bridge over the Rieufrech. You’ll reach the Rieufrech farm.
(8) In front of the farm, turn left and follow the D62B, which leads to the Tastavy Rectory. Pass through Les Barthèzes without turning off into the village. Pass a wayside cross, then reach a bend with a white track on the right.
(9) Turn right. After a steep climb, you’ll reach the Col d’Empy.
(10) At the next junction, follow the yellow signposts leading to the Col du Pradel. This PR® route leads to La Végende. Enter and leave the village via the D105E5.
(11) Follow the departmental road, pass through Grualgues and join the D150.
(12) Cross the road carefully and walk along the left-hand verge. Look out for a small grassy path and follow it. There’s a lovely view of the Vèbre from the medieval bridge that spans it. At the end of the bridge, cross a small road and continue along the path opposite. Follow the yellow markings, which turn right at the next junction.
(13) Cross the small road. The track continues straight ahead to the tarmac road marking the approach to La Salvetat-sur-Agout. At the junction with the Lot-le-Tarras path, with a piece of farm machinery on your right, turn right. Follow the track to the end, then turn right into Rue Barri Campemar.
(14) Go round the wash house and head straight up to the left. You’ll find some wide steps 30 metres further on, on the right.
Climb the steps leading to Rue de La Poterne and La Pergola (E).
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