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Start near the church in the centre of the hamlet of Deyras, which is part of the commune of Saint-Victor.
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(S/E) Take the road eastwards to reach the cemetery on the right. Follow the road, ignoring the paths on the right and left. The road descends towards the hamlet of Méjeon on the left.
(1) Immediately after a sheepfold on the right, turn right onto a dirt track at almost a right angle. Follow this track towards the south-east. When you enter the forest, ignore a path on the right and follow the well-marked path downhill.
(2) The path turns sharply left towards the north, then sharply right towards the east, then left again towards the north-west.
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(3) 50m after this hairpin bend, ignore the path that descends in a hairpin bend to the right (return path) and continue straight ahead on flat ground. Continue for 200m, then take a hairpin bend to the right towards the east. Follow a nearly straight section for 350m. Take a hairpin turn to the left for 50m, then turn right onto the trail that curves south for 200m.
(4) Take a hairpin bend to the left towards the north-east. For 600m, the path follows the river below on the right in a wide curve to the left, then in a wide curve to the right.
(5) Take a hairpin bend uphill to the left. Continue uphill for 100m, reach a hairpin bend and continue to the right. On a downhill section, ignore a path leading off to the left and follow the path downhill to the right towards the river. Facing the river, descend towards it via the hairpin bend on the right. You will reach an area of large rocks where you can cross the river on foot or by taking off your shoes, depending on the time of year. On the other side of the rocky area, the trail continues along the slope to the northeast. Fifty metres higher, after crossing the river, you will reach a well-marked trail crossing the trail.
(6) Follow this cross path to the left, climbing slightly for 200 metres to reach a hairpin bend to the right. Follow a straight section with a slight incline, ignoring a path to the right.
(7) The steeper path branches off to the left at a right angle. Reach a water crossing and turn right at a right angle. For 300 metres, the path climbs straight ahead, then veers slightly to the left to join a slightly flatter section.
(8) At this point, take a small path between the trees, descending to the right. Follow the small path, which is fairly straight and veers left and then right. Join the bend in a path ascending to the right and follow it to the left.
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Follow this path as it curves left and then right, arriving below the hamlet of Morens.
(9) Turn right and descend southwards. Take a hairpin bend to the left, then another to the right.
(10) Above the Fourche house below on the left, follow the path straight ahead, ignoring the path descending to the left towards the house. The path bends to the right and then to the left. 100m further on, downhill, ignore the marked path that branches off to the right.
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(11) Keep left, almost straight ahead, on a small, well-marked path. Follow this path downhill through the vegetation. It is fairly straight and then curves several times. You will reach a meadow and a road.
(12) Follow the road towards the river on the right. Cross the river and continue along the road until you reach a hairpin bend in the road going up to the right. Continue for 20 metres.
(13) Jump over the embankment and take the path on the left, which runs alongside the Doux river and the Clauzel dam on the left. Continue to the large arch of the footbridge and cross it to reach the railway line and the Clauzel cottage. Go left for 150 metres, following the railway line, then head above the dam to admire the reservoir, the water intake and the canal bridge over the River Doux.
Follow the signs and instructions and do not cross the dam on the plank walkway, which is reserved for authorised persons only.
(14) Turn around and return by the same route to the road.
(13) Take the road uphill on the left. Drive past the houses of Couix on the left. Continue uphill along the road and pass the houses of Les Freydières on the right.
(15) At a bend in the road to the left, leave the road and take a path downhill to the right.
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Follow this downhill track. Ignore the paths and tracks on the left. You will reach the buildings of Saint-Sorny.
(16) A visit is a must: buildings and chapel. Cross between the buildings, then turn left along the edge of the meadow towards the river and reach the path. Make a clockwise loop. The path follows the right bank of the river with passages of old irrigation canals. Note a ford below (crossing it takes you back up to the hamlet of Morens). Do not go down to the ford, but follow the path on the right, which leaves the river and climbs up to the right. Three hairpin bends and you are back at the buildings of Saint-Sorny.
(16) Ignore the path that climbs up to the left and follow the path to the right towards the river and the footbridge. Cross the footbridge. Ignore the path on the right.
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(17) Turn left and follow the river on the left bank for 300 metres to visit the Gorges de La Daronne. Note the Châtelet farm high up on the left. Turn around and return to the footbridge.
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(17) Follow the well-marked path straight ahead uphill. On the climb, join a flat section at the start of the route
(3) Follow to the left through a hairpin bend. Take a sharp right turn, then a left turn.
(2) Turn right again. Cross the forest and reach the place called Méjeon.
(1) Follow the paved road to the left, which climbs at the beginning and leads back to the village of Deyras (S/E).
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