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Park in the large car park near the Tourist Office in Vic-sur-Cère.
(S/E) Return to the Tourist Office and continue to the roundabout. Turn left onto Avenue André Mercier and, just before the bridge over the Cère, take a path on the left that runs alongside the river on the right. Cross a small branch of the river on a footbridge on the right, then continue left between the cemetery and the campsite.
When you reach the campsite entrance, turn left towards the wash house and follow the street on the left. Walk along the cemetery and turn right onto Rue du 14 Juillet 1789. Join the N122 which crosses the village, cross over and follow a small street opposite on the right which goes uphill. Ignore a street on the right.
(1) Follow the first street on the left and turn left again towards the Chapelle du Calvaire to reach this chapel and its viewpoint. Retrace your steps to the crossroads.
(1) Turn left, then take the first street on the right.
(2) Immediately afterwards, turn left and follow the signs for "Cascade de la Conche". The path climbs up to Castel Vieil, a cave, former 12th-century castle mound and viewpoint.
Leaving the cave on your left, continue straight ahead for a few metres, then take the path on the right (blue markings). You will arrive at Rocher de Maisonne, where there is a cross. Viewpoint.
(3) Continue along the path. At a fork with a path not shown on the map, leave the blue markings and follow the yellow marked path to the left. You will come to a wide path; follow it, taking the passage to the right of the barrier.
(4) Follow the path to the right, towards "la Garde".
(5) In front of the entrance to the property, turn left and follow the orange markings to a tree with directional signs and follow the direction "Rocher de Saint-Curiat". You will arrive at a directional sign indicating the summit of "Rocher de Saint-Curiat, round trip".
(6) Enter the moorland on the right, locate an old wooden post and leave it on your left to find a more or less clear path. Follow it across the moorland and then over the rocks (a few cairns) to reach the summit of this former hermitage. Viewpoint. Descend via the same route to the signpost indicating the summit of "Rocher de Saint-Curiat, round trip".
(6) This route continues with a small circular off-trail path on the pastures of the Plateau du Coyan, but you can also descend directly to La Garde (5). Continue to the right to enter a summer pasture (barrier) and immediately pass to the left of two beautiful poplar trees. The path is barely visible in the grass.
Further on, notice a path on the right, a little higher up, which seems more obvious, to the left of a grove of trees, and join it. You will arrive at a drinking trough under two beautiful beech trees. Follow this path to the left and notice, shortly afterwards, a remarkable beech tree on the right. Further up, you will arrive at a barrier in a meadow.
(7) Leave this gate on your left and look for a grove of trees on a ruin higher up opposite and slightly to the right. Head towards this grove, pass behind it and veer slightly to the right to descend a little and arrive at a plateau with two circular drinking troughs.
Turn right and follow a faint path that joins a barely visible track in the grass. Follow it to the right to reach the fence at the entrance to the field.
(7) Take the same route as on the way there (omitting the detour to the top of Rocher de Saint-Curiat), until you reach the entrance to the property at La Garde.
(5) Turn left towards "la Grotte des Anglais" and follow the yellow markings (continue to follow these markings until the end of the route). Go behind the property and then take a passage on the right to turn onto a path towards "Grotte des Anglais". Cross a pasture area, following the yellow wooden posts dotted here and there.
(8) Cross another passage to leave the pasture. The path then veers to the left and begins a descent, which is very steep in places. Ignore a path on the left that is not marked on the map towards Salihes. Further on, veer to the right, following the yellow markings and a white arrow. You will arrive below the Grotte des Anglais.
(9) Continue along the path, still descending. At a wooden sign, follow the direction "Vic par Roquelongue". Shortly afterwards, follow "Roquelongue" again on the right. The path climbs back up to Riou Sec (dry stream).
(10) Continue towards "Vic par Roquelongue", again indicated by a wooden sign and yellow markings. The long descent takes you back to the start of the circular route at the sign for the "Cascade de la Conche" waterfall.
(2) Stay on the road and, at the T-junction, follow the street to the right. Pass the church on your right and turn left onto Rue du Baillage. At the next junction, turn left, then right. Turn left again onto the N122 to pass in front of the town hall, then turn right onto Rue Basse. Continue straight ahead to return to the roundabout and the Tourist Office (S/E).
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