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Park in the village square in Lespinassole.
(S/E) Follow the yellow markings: be careful as in some places they are not very visible. Return to the D58, cross with caution and take the small tarmac road opposite towards Le Bouyssou.
(1) At the entrance to the hamlet (where there are lodges), turn right onto a farm track that slopes to the left further on. Continue along this track for about 200 metres.
(2) Turn left into a meadow that gives way to a grassy path (note that the markings are no longer very visible).
Continue along this track and begin the descent after a slight right-hand bend, following a winding path through the woods. Please note that some sections may be slippery (dry earth and grass or stones).
As you pass through the heather, you can admire a beautiful view of the Viaur Gorges. Continue downhill to a wooden bridge.
(3) Do not cross it, but take the path on the right that leads to the banks of the Viaur. Follow the river for about 1.2 km on a pleasant, shaded dirt or gravel path through the woods. Some sections are impassable during high water periods as the path is flooded.
(4) At the road near the Moulin de Tourène mill on the left bank, continue along a pleasant grassy path and then a dirt track to La Roque, a beautiful hamlet with lovely traditional houses.
(5) Cross the hamlet via the road, then at the last houses, take the road that climbs to the right and continue uphill on the dirt track. At the junction with the D 58, at a place called Blaye, descend to the left for 300 metres.
(6) Take the hairpin bend to the right onto the tarmac road and descend to the Garène barn.
(7) Take the quiet dirt and gravel path on the right, which runs partly along the banks of the Viaur. Pass the former Viaur Aventure tree-climbing site and continue along the river until you reach the confluence with the small Pourcassès stream.
(8) Before crossing the stream (dry in summer), climb up to the right for about a hundred metres into the small valley that was once home to old mines.
Make a hairpin turn to climb up a pleasant "forest path" through the woods to the plateau.
(9) After the Figuier farm (which makes aniseed cakes), turn right onto the small road to reach the square in Lespinassole (S/E).
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