The Clears of Sales

Start from the village of Sales, at the small square at the foot of the slender iron cross.
Yellow markings and regional signposts, sometimes shared with the red-and-white markings of^{the GR®7}and the red-and-yellow markings of^{the GRP®} Haute Vallée du Thoré.

Yellow markings

(S/E) From the foot of the cross, on your left, head along the road that passes in front of the house, heading north-west. After about fifty metres, at the Y-junction, veer right onto the wide Chemin du Chalet. Follow the track, ignoring all the paths that join it, until you reach the junction at the entrance to Farail.

(1) Turn right, stay on the track and pass a water collection point. When you reach the inverted Fork in the road, carry on straight ahead. Look for a path on the right after the wide bend.

Unmarked

(2) Cut right onto the unmarked path and head towards an X-junction. Keep to the left of this path, which rejoins the wide track,^PR® Clairières de Sales.

Yellow markings

(3) Turn right, then, after about 300 m, leave the track and head straight on along a dirt track. You’ll come out onto a white track. Turn left onto the track. Continue for about 200 m.

Red and white markings for^{the GR®7}and red and yellow markings for^{the GRP®} Haute Vallée du Thoré

(4) Head left along the wide grassy path that appears, signposted ‘Clairières de Sales’. Walk through the woodland until you reach the entrance to Ravaillé.
Head left towards Ravaillé, without actually going into the village. Immediately turn right onto a tree-lined path which ends on the tarmac in front of Baylé Farm. A thick concrete cross marks the entrance to the farm. Continue left for about fifty metres.

(5) Follow the wide dirt track, Chemin du Sante. Cross a ford made of flat stones. Continue to the T-junction.

(6) Turn right to reach the hamlet of Lebrat. In front of the first house, head down the narrow path on the left until you reach the tarmac road.

(7) Turn left, then, at the end of the road, continue along the dirt track. Ignore a side road on the right and you’ll come to an inverted Y-junction.

(8) Keep to the path straight ahead until you reach Farail.

(9) Just before Farail, go round the whole group of houses. The road takes you back to the hamlet of Sales and its small starting point (S/E).

From (2) to (3), you can stay on the wide white track, marked in yellow.

Another walk starting from Sales, already published on Visorando.