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Access: Park in the car park of Vaugneray church, Rue de la Maletière.
(S/E) On foot, turn your back on the church and head north, ignoring Rue du Rozard on your right. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead and, just after, at the crossroads with a cross, continue straight ahead on Rue du Laval. The street turns right and then begins a left turn. At the end of the turn, leave a path on the right to continue on this road, which ends a little further on.
(1) At the last bend, take the path on the left which continues to the hamlet of Montferrat. Turn right onto the small tarmac road, then at the crossroads, turn right for a few metres before continuing on a path that branches off to the left. Further on, you will come to a road. Turn left and follow this road, which further on turns right. Leave the houses on your left. Immediately afterwards, the road turns into a path.
(2) Go straight up this beautiful stone path. Pass behind the campsite and continue, leaving two paths on your left.
(3) At the three-way junction, continue along this path which veers to the left. Further on, ignore a path on the left.
(4) At the cross, ignore a path branching off to the right and continue straight ahead. Immediately afterwards, ignore another path on the left leading to a house. You will come to a road, the D113, opposite the Château de Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid.
(5) Turn left onto this road and follow it for about 200 metres, then take the path that branches off to the right. Further on, turn right and join the intersection with the Voie Romaine, then turn right and continue for a few metres to find the GR®89.
(6) Take the GR®89 on the right. Shortly afterwards, ignore a path on the right and continue through the woods until you come to a small road.
(7) You are now behind the Courzieu Animal Park, near the birds of prey enclosure, which you can see. Continue along this road, which first turns left then right. Shortly afterwards, you will see a path leading down to the right of the road.
(8) Take this path and follow it until it becomes a tarmac road at Hameau des Verchères. Continue along this road. Turn left at three intersections. Just after the third intersection, you will come to another road.
(9) Turn left and continue on this road. Further on, ignore a road on the left and continue to an intersection marked with a cross.
(10) Take the road on the left, which leads to another road shortly afterwards. Continue left on this road.
(11) Turn onto the second road on the right. Just after the bend, turn left onto a path. Near the hamlet of Lafont, ignore a path that branches off to the right, then another that branches off to the left, and continue straight ahead.
(12) At the next fork, continue on the path furthest to the right and continue along this path into the forest. This leads to another path.
(13) Turn left. At the next three-way junction, continue right on this path. Immediately after, at another three-way junction, take the path on the right and continue to the road (D113). Continue left on this road.
(14) Shortly afterwards, at a wide path that opens up on the left, leave the road and take the path that goes straight ahead, parallel to the left of the road. Further on, ignore a path that branches off to the right and then, just after, at a fork, take the path furthest to the right. At the next fork, turn right again and continue in this direction until you reach a road, the D50. Take this road to the right to Col de Malval.
(15) At the pass, just before the crossroads, turn right onto a path that leads back. At the three-way junction, continue on the left until you reach a road (D113). Cross over and take the road opposite towards Hameau des Jumeaux.
(16) Shortly before this hamlet, leave the road and take a path on the left, then immediately turn onto the path on the right. Shortly afterwards, ignore a path that branches off to the right and continue into the undergrowth. Further on, the path veers to the right. Shortly afterwards, ignore a path on the left but, just after, turn onto a path on the right that joins a road at a crossroads.
(17) Turn left towards Col de la Fausse. The road turns into a path. Pass a house on your left.
(18) At the fork, take the path on the left. Shortly afterwards, ignore a path on the right. Immediately after, at the three-way junction, turn right. At the next intersection, turn left and continue straight ahead, ignoring a path on the left and then another on the right. This path (Chemin de Bénévent) leads to a crossroads at Hameau de la Chana.
(19) Continue along the small road opposite. Pass in front of the Château de Bénévent to reach a road. Turn right, then take the first road on the right. At the next crossroads, marked with a cross, continue to the right. Turn onto the first street on the left to return to the church of Vaugneray (S/E).
because the left turn after the house wasn't very clear... in fact, there was another house further on that wasn't visible at the time!
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