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Park in the car park in front of the wash house and the post office, Route de Grignan, opposite Chamaret Town Hall.
(S/E) Leaving the car park, turn right towards Montségur-sur-Lauzon, pass in front of Saint-Barthélémy Church and you will immediately come to a crossroads.
(1) Turn right onto the winding Rue du Carriérou. Further down, turn right and then 50 metres further on, turn left onto Chemin des Jardins. You will reach the crossroads with Route de Montségur, where there is a calvary.
(2) Cross the road: be careful, as there is regular traffic. Take Chemin du Petit Nice opposite. Cross a wood, following a stone wall. At the end of the wood, continue to the right on a small tarmac road that goes downhill. Stay on the tarmac to reach the crossroads in the hamlet of Eymieu.
(3) Turn right at the second road, Route des Eyrieux. Continue straight up. On the flat section, turn left onto Chemin des Éverunnes, which crosses a bridge over an old railway line.
(4) After the bend, turn left onto a dirt track that enters the woods (yellow markings on an oak tree). Ignore a turn-off to the right and exit the woods. Continue straight ahead on the path that runs alongside a vineyard.
(5) You will soon come to the remains of an old lime kiln on your right. Return to the path and continue to the right. At the end of this path, join the tarmac road called Chemin des Éverrunnes. Turn left and stay on this quiet road for about 1.5 km. You will come to a four-way crossroads after passing the access road to Les Chamblas on your left.
(6) Turn left onto the path, which gradually becomes grassy. When you reach the corner of a wire fence, turn left onto a barely visible path that leads to a tarmac road. Turn left onto this straight road and continue to a left-hand bend.
(7) Leave the tarmac road and take the wide stony path opposite. Gradually enter the tree cover. At the fork, go down to the right into the woods. Be careful: before reaching the stream, go up to the left on a path that turns sharply to the left. In this area, some trees have fallen and been cut up. Continue to a second sharp bend, this time to the right. Turn right onto a wider path that winds through a pine forest and passes under the Camping de la Chamarade campsite. You can see the bed of the Lez below. Just after a cross-country course on the lower right (wooden jump, dunes), at the crossroads, turn right onto a path through tall grass and join a stream.
(8) Cross it to the right over a small wooden bridge. Then continue left on the grassy path. Cross the stream again over an earthen bridge. Keep right at the next fork and then climb above the Lez. Two paths appear before joining a little further on: the one on the right follows the edge of the cliff overlooking the Lez riverbed, so take care; the other passes further inland. After the junction of these two paths, look out on the left for the entrance to a very pretty drystone shelter (dry stone hut) built into a dry stone wall, with its back to the path.
(9) Retrace your steps and resume the route. Turn right onto the first path that leads into the woods. At the next T-junction, turn left at a right angle and you will come to a fence.
(10) Turn right and climb steeply between the rocks. Once you reach the plateau, look out for a path on the left that leads to a large cube-shaped drystone shelter, slightly off the path. Continue along the path that follows the edge of the cliff overlooking the Lez. After a bend, you will reach a crossroads of paths. Turn left for a round trip to another drystone shelter.
(11) Return to the crossroads and continue left for about a hundred metres. Count two paths on the left and take the second one to reach a large drystone shelter on another round trip.
(12) Take the path that begins to descend. Keep to the right to pass under a villa. Wind your way between the trees, then descend steeply onto the tarmac road (Chemin des Souterras). Turn right onto this road. Continue, keeping to the right on the wide Chemin des Barquets. You will then arrive at a Y-shaped crossroads.
(13) Cut left onto the path that enters the woods. At the edge of the woods, head back up towards the village by turning left onto a path. Cross the small tarmac road and continue straight ahead through a gap in the vegetation that forms a tunnel. Continue climbing between the stone walls and you will come out onto Chemin de la Rousselle.
(14) Turn right, then left onto Rue du Coustas to pass below the castle tower. Then climb the stairs on the left to reach the foot of the tower. Descend to Grande Rue and turn right until you reach the initial fork.
(1) Continue straight ahead to retrace your steps, passing in front of Saint-Barthélémy Church to reach the car park opposite the town hall (S/E).
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