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At the entrance to Bugeat, coming from Treignac, cross the railway line and immediately turn left towards the SNCF station and the emergency services centre. Walk along the right-hand side of the lake and continue straight ahead along the small road. Park just after the end of the tarmac section in a large meadow used as a car park, marked by a wooden barrier.
(S/E) After the fence, walk 100 metres and then take the narrower path to the left to reach the Vézère. Follow a narrow path along the river on your left (right bank) for almost an hour as follows.
After about 600 metres, after a right-hand bend, take the second path on the right uphill, which takes you a little away from the river. After 50 metres of climbing on a stony path, turn left down towards the river, onto a very narrow, poorly marked path. You will pass two wooden log steps and two small streams, surrounded by ferns.
After 200 metres, you will pass a bend to the right and a large round rock on your left, then a small island in the river on your left. Continue through the forest among large rocks. The path is very narrow and runs less than a metre from the Vézère. After 2 km on the right bank of the Vézère, follow the path to the left uphill, following the course of the river below.
(1) 100 metres after the confluence, take a sharp right turn onto a path that climbs quite steeply, taking you away from the river. The path is narrow at the start and in the middle of the ferns, but widens out on the flat.
(2) After 200 metres, at the crossroads, you will reach a forest track which you take on the left. After another 200 metres, go through the wooden barrier and continue straight ahead.
(3) After 100 metres, you will come to a crossroads with two paths on the right with barriers. Take the second path on the right. You will arrive at a wide forest track. After 600 metres, you will see the ruins of a barn on your left.
(4) 200 metres after the barn, at the crossroads, turn left onto a wide path that descends and takes you back to the path you took on the right at the start of the route. Continue downhill to the starting point after passing the barrier (S/E).
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