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Start in front of the town hall in Creysseilles on the D560, at a place called Le Fémeil (hiking information sign).
(S/E) Take the small road on the right towards the village. After about 100 metres, leave the road and take a path on the left, which heads north-west then north-east and joins a small road.
(1) Turn left. After a few metres, take the path on the right which leads to another road at the hamlet of Rey. Turn left and continue to the next crossroads.
(2) Take the track on the right that leads to the hamlet of La Crotte. You will quickly reach the site of the ancient tomb, which is a round trip. Continue to the hamlet, then turn right at a hairpin bend.
(3) Leave the path that branches off to the left and follow the track towards the Col des Croix de Creysseilles. It winds its way up, passes the Clair lodge and climbs to the right towards the Priory.
(4) At a crossroads at a place called Le Prieuré, continue straight ahead. Walk along the church on your left (or go around it) and climb the small road on the right to the Col des Croix de Creysseilles.
(5) Turn left, leave the house on your right and climb up the small road. At a hairpin bend, above a sheepfold, leave the road and take a path on the left that runs alongside a fence. Follow this fence, first on your left, then on your right, heading through boxwood. Follow this path to the Serre de Pied-de-Bœuf watchtower. Make sure you close the gates behind you (livestock).
(6) To return, descend the track that starts behind the watchtower, following the bends until you reach the Route des Colombières.
(7) Follow the road to the right, descending towards Pourchères, until the next junction, the Colombières mast.
(8) Continue on the small road towards Pourchères-le Grand Bois. After a right-angle bend, cross the Grand Bois stream and reach a fork and the Grand Bois mast.
(9): Turn left towards Creyseilles-Ladreyt. Go down the path alongside a low wall and then a house. Go up through the chestnut and oak woods along an old path lined with low walls.
(10) At a three-way junction, leave the path and follow a track that climbs to the left.
Go along a clearing and pass a fence. A little further down, the path is lined with blocks of stone.
(11) After a hairpin bend to the right, climb up the path on the left towards a pasture area and reach a fork.
(12) Turn left between the embankments and pass through small sandstone slabs to reach the next fork.
(13) Go through the gate and turn right at almost 180°, towards Creysseilles. Continue to the D360, which you follow on the right for about 150m. Before a bend in the road, turn left and then down to the right. You will reach the hamlet of Vabre, a very interesting basalt area. Cross the hamlet between the houses.
(14) At the junction with a signpost offering two options for returning to Creysseilles, take the steep path on the right heading south-east. Cross the stream, pass a handrail, continue through the undergrowth and enter the hamlet of Le Serre. Pass under a vaulted arch (lodge) and join the small road to Creysseilles.
(15) Turn right and follow this road to Fémeil (Creysseilles town hall) (S/E).
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