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Departure from Place Anatole France, opposite the school.
(S/E) Head west on the main street, Rue Emile Gay, then turn right at Rue Dantony. Continue north, passing Rue Allée des Villates and Rue Léon Pascal on your right and Rue Jules Ferry, Rue Victor Hugo and Rue Chevalier Bayard on your left, until you reach the intersection with Rue Chauchère coming from the school on your left. Follow Rue Chauchère to the left. At the next junction, take the second uphill lane, which is initially tarmac and then becomes a dirt track, until you reach a road at a hairpin bend.
(1) Do not take this road, but follow the path that climbs to the left to join another road, which you should follow by turning right. At the next fork, leave the road coming almost parallel from the right and then the one climbing to the right to continue left towards the houses. Follow this road to the farm "Les Ariennes".
(2) At the corner of the barn, turn right onto the sandy path that continues uphill. Once on the road, continue straight ahead and ignore another road on your left.
(3): At the Croix de Combe Pelorset, follow the tarmac road that climbs to the left to the Maison de la Souche. Go around the house on the right and, at the three-way junction, take the middle path opposite to enter the Bois de la Garde.
(4) In the woods, at the crossroads, take the second path on the right which descends into a very pretty wood and becomes very rugged in its lower part. Reach the dry, sandy stream bed and follow it to the right. Pass a ranch on your left to reach the RD53.
(5) Cross and follow the road opposite. Go straight ahead, cross a junction at elevation 253 and join the bed of the Merdaret stream. Follow the road straight ahead for 400 metres.
(6) At the junction with a road coming from the left from "Pissot", turn right onto the most right-hand path. Follow this very sandy path across the plain and then uphill into a pine forest. On the slope, pass a house on the left. When you reach a flat section, walk alongside the Champ Guinot house on the right. Almost immediately after the house, you will come to a crossroads.
(7) Turn right onto the sandy path that climbs into the woods. Pass a wildlife park with horned animals on your left to reach a road after 400 metres. Take the road downhill to the right and join the D584.
(8) Turn right, then quickly left onto the D584a, which you leave at the first crossroads, in the middle of some houses, to continue straight ahead and climb towards the buildings of Bard. Leave a path on your right and walk alongside a house on your right.
(9) Turn right at a 90° angle and enter the woods, which you can cross via a wide path that is easy to find. Pass the paths on the left and right and join a road.
(10) Turn right, pass a farm on your left and continue straight ahead at the crossroads, heading slightly uphill towards another farm. Pass two paths on your left and descend via a well-marked path that leads to the D67 at the Champos Leisure Park.
(11) Turn left, follow the road for a few metres, then cross to the right. Enter the Leisure Park grounds by following the internal road just below the departmental road. Continue through the park, walking alongside the reservoir.
(12) Take the path on the right that follows the riverbank to the Pont de Chabran bridge, which has been demolished. Walk past the ruins for 50 metres. You will reach a plateau that serves as a car park with trailheads. Do not go up to the road on the right or continue straight ahead, but take the path at a right angle to the left towards the river.
(13) Walk along the right bank of the river. Walk past the warehouses on your right. When you reach the bridge on the D53 road, turn right to access the road.
(14) Carefully follow the edge to enter the village via Avenue Raymond Pavon, the roundabout and then opposite via Rue des Balmes, which will take you back to the starting point (S/E).
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