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Depart from the village of Grazac opposite the town hall.
(S/E) Head north towards the village centre.
(1) Pass the small square on your right and reach the priory and the church. Through the porch on the right, opposite the church and the priory, you can walk into the courtyard to view the buildings.
After the church, take Rue de Verchères on the left. Walk along the old castle on your right. Ignore Rue de la Chazotte on your right. After 20 metres, turn left onto Chemin des Graillères. The road turns into a path. You will come to a crossroads. The road opposite is closed to pedestrians.
(2) Turn left towards the car park and go around it on the right to return to the road, following the footpath. Cross the road before the hamlet of Villedemont, which is closed to pedestrians. Take the footpath that goes around the houses on the right-hand side of the road. After going around the houses, return to Route De Carry, cross it and continue along the footpath for 100 metres.
(3) Leave the footpath and turn left onto the path that goes around the hamlet of Les Sagnes (also closed to pedestrians). After 300 metres, you will come to a crossroads.
(4) Take the path on the right. After 250 metres, you will reach the path coming from the hamlet of Les Peatlands on the right. Follow the hairpin bend to the left for 50 metres until you reach a crossroads.
(5) At this point, make a return trip. Follow the path on the left to reach the forest. After 100 metres in the forest, take the path down to the right leading to the ruins of Carry Castle. This private path is controlled by a wooden barrier. From this point, you can venture along the path to see the ruins.
(6) After your visit, retrace your steps and leave the forest, returning to the meadow area. Notice the beautiful Croix des Mamans (Mothers' Cross) at the edge of the forest on the left. Return to the crossroads you passed earlier.
(5) Take the sharp left turn onto the newly paved path leading down to the footbridge. Follow the path downhill until you reach the footbridge.
(7) Admire the technical achievement of the structure. Cross the footbridge over the Lignon.
At the end of the footbridge, turn right to reach the viewpoint, which offers views of the footbridge and the Lignon Gorges.
Continue north. After 400 m, ignore a path on the left that leads to Doubras.
(8) After 200 m, leave the stony path and head right towards Yverras. Follow the path downhill towards the south-west. The path then curves sharply northwards.
You will reach a road at a place called Rousson. Turn left onto the road. Follow the road to cross the first part of the hamlet of Les Yverras.
(9) On an uphill section and in the second part of the hamlet, level with a house, turn left towards the west. Follow the road until you reach a road running alongside the Le Puy-en-Velay-Saint-Etienne expressway. Leave the tarmac road and turn left. Ignore the path going uphill opposite (which is blocked by a barrier) and take the path going downhill towards the south-east. After crossing some meadows, go through the forest. The well-marked path then makes a sharp left turn towards the north-east to reach Les Barris.
(10) Head downhill to the right towards the hamlet of Vertamise. Reach a road and head uphill to the right, leaving the hamlet on your left. Follow this tarmac road uphill and then on the flat to the next hamlet, Lescure. Ignore the streets leading off to the right in the hamlet. After crossing a stream, you will come to a crossroads with the knolls in view.
(11) Ignore the roads and turn left onto the path heading east towards the Collange farm. At the farm, ignore a road branching off to the right and continue straight on to the hamlet of Ceveyrac.
(12) Cross the hamlet almost in a straight line along the main street, Rue de Ceveyrac, ignoring the streets on the left and right. Go downhill after the hamlet and you will come to a crossroads at a place called La Rive. Continue straight ahead, passing an impressive group of buildings on your left. You will reach the D105 road. Take care when crossing this main road, and 100 metres further on you will arrive at the Voie Verte.
(13) Head left onto the Voie Verte. Follow this path without deviation until you pass the tunnel under the large Chapelette viaduct.
(14) During this stretch, cross a footbridge over the Siaulme and then another over the Lignon.
(15) After the Lignon, cross the road that leads to Versilhac. Walk along the Chapelette viaduct and then go through its tunnel.
50 m after the tunnel, you will come to a fork in the road.
(16) Leave the Greenway and turn left onto the road leading down to the Pont de la Sainte bridge. Notice the beautiful Fishermen's Cross on your left. Admire the bridge and cross the hamlet. Leave the road leading to the bridge and continue straight ahead along the stony path. After 500 m, you will reach a flat area and a crossroads. Turn left for a view of the Gorges du Lignon. Ignore the path continuing straight ahead and turn right towards the east to reach a road. Take care when crossing this road, then climb up the path on the opposite side of the embankment to rejoin the Voie Verte.
(17) Head north along the Voie Verte towards the village of Grazac. You will reach the D432 road in the village. Turn left and, after 100 metres, you will arrive at Grazac Town Hall (S/E).
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