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Depart from Place Adrien Gilles below the Saint-Péray secondary school, along the Saveyre stream, 200 m to the right after the traffic lights at the junction of the RD86 and Rue René Cassin.
(S/E) Head north on Allée du Collège until you reach Rue Raoul Follereau and follow it on your left. Stay on the road for about 1 km. It passes under a power line (this is the least interesting part of the walk) or see the alternative route in Practical Information.
(1) About 50 metres after the Bouyonnet water tank, opposite the last two houses, take the path on your right (you are now in the commune of Cornas). This path leads through the vineyards and gradually brings you to La Sabarotte (information board about the Cornas vineyards). Follow the small tarmac road for about 300 metres.
(2) Take the path on your left (we are opposite the Cornas vineyard trail, Grenat arrow) which descends into the vineyards and keep right at each fork. After a fairly steep climb, turn right onto the track that descends towards the stream and cross it.
(3) Turn left, then after 150 metres, turn right onto the path that climbs steeply through the vineyards to the ruins of Tezier (magnificent view of the vineyard and the village of Cornas). Continue to the road, follow it to the left for 200 metres, then take a sharp left turn.
(4) About 50m further on, take a barely visible path on your right (opposite the entrance to a house) going up through an oak wood to come out on the access road to the houses in the hamlet of Les Peupliers. Follow this road to the right for about 250m.
(5) Take the road uphill on your left, then quickly take the path parallel to the road on the left. Cross the road again to take the path opposite (next to a gate blocking access to a vineyard).
(6) After 200m, at a large EDF concrete post, take the path on your left that winds between the pasture fences to arrive at a flat area planted with vines. After a short descent, you will come to a paved road.
(7) Follow it for about 150m, then, at the entrance to the oak woods, take the clearly visible path that climbs to the right between woods, vineyards and meadows to the hamlet of Précharnier, where it joins a tarmac road.
(8) Follow it on your left and, at the first crossroads, go up to the right. Pass the hamlet of Chaban and continue to the crossroads with the D287 (road from Saint-Péray to Saint-Romain-de-Lerps).
(9) Cross it and take the path opposite that climbs up to the hamlet of Penny. Cross the hamlet, heading west, to find a dirt track. Cross a small stream, the Saveyre, and continue straight ahead on the path that heads south-east between meadows and oak woods. After a short descent, you will reach a large meadow. Follow the fences to find a small paved road and then a crossroads (Baudran - Perrier). Take the road on your left and follow it downhill for about 250 metres (white and yellow markings).
(10) Take great care to spot the path that enters the pine forest on the left, just below a building, and descends rapidly to a hairpin bend in the road. Cross the road and take a path on the right that passes under an aqueduct beneath the D287 and joins a well-maintained, fenced wood. Do not follow the white and yellow markings but take the path on your left.
When you reach a fork in the path, turn left onto the path that descends between the fences and cross the Ruisseau du Saveyre stream via a small footbridge. The path winds gently through the woods and arrives at a fork in the path.
(11) Take the small path on the right that descends gently into the forest until you reach a forest of tall fir trees.
(12) Take the fairly steep path downhill on your right. It continues downhill, overlooking the Ruisseau du Saveyre on its left bank. Cross it once, then reach a crossroads where you will find white and yellow markings. Continue straight ahead, on the right bank of the Saveyre. Cross the stream again, follow the path uphill and stay on the main path leading to a hiking signpost marked "Les Blaches".
(13) Take theGR®42(white and red markings) downhill on your right, then turn onto a track on the left.
(14) At the crossroads, turn right onto a small tarmac road in the Les Blaches housing estate. Continue to follow theGR®42signs which lead to Place Adrien Gilles, your starting point (S/E).
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