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Park your vehicle in the large car park next to the cemetery, to the left of the D20, in the direction of Varen.
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(S) Return to the D20 and turn left. Follow the road, pass a path on your left and continue to an intersection marked by two beautiful trees and a cross.
(1) Turn left onto the partially tarmac road, which alternates between steep climbs and false flats, to reach a crossroads.
Signposting:PR®1wooden signs
(2) Turn right onto the wide path that runs alongside an old wire fence on the left. At the next fork, take the path on the right that slopes slightly downwards (PR®1sign). The slope becomes steeper as you approach the bottom of the valley. The path curves to the left and joins a much wider stabilised track.
(3) Turn left. You will reach the beautifully restored old Druilhet mill and shortly afterwards, ignore thePR®1signposting which invites you to turn left and continue straight ahead. Cross the Ruisseau de la Baye stream and immediately turn left to follow it. Continue to the confluence with the Ruisseau de Jouyre stream.
(4) Cross a small bridge, turning left. You will find yourself at the foot of an old quarry overgrown with vegetation. Turn right immediately after the bridge to go up the Jouyre stream. Cross it further on to reach the left bank.
(5) Just before the confluence with another stream, cross the Jouyre again and begin the gradual climb that leads to the top of the plateau and the hamlet of La Salesse.
(6) At the small tarmac road, turn left and then, a few metres further on, continue straight ahead along the wide grassy path. This path winds its way between woods and meadows, initially heading west-south-west and then south when it reaches the bottom of a small valley. Cross the bridge over the stream and continue uphill opposite. The wide track turns sharply left and arrives at a crossroads with an old rusty sign leaning against the embankment.
SignpostPR®1
(7) Leave the VTT1 signposting that branches off to the left and continue to the right on thePR®1signposting, which you will find again 250m further on, at a fork where it descends to the right.
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Cross the hamlet of Begayne and leave the tarmac road leading to Combe Mousse on your right. As you pass, you will notice a few yurts in the woods on your left. At the crossroads at an elevation of 369 metres, go straight ahead and continue to the next intersection.
(8) Turn left, cross the hamlet of Dreuilhe and, after a right-hand bend, leave the road and turn left onto a path which, 400 metres further on, leads to the small road you have just left. Turn left downhill and then left again at the junction that follows the junction with the D75.
(9) 150 metres further on, at the end of the field on your right, leave the road and turn right at the hairpin bend. Be careful, as this path is not easy to spot. Wide at the start, it turns left, descends into the undergrowth and becomes narrower.
(10) The path opposite this junction is no longer passable. Turn right and then, a hundred metres further on, turn left downhill onto a wider path that joins the D33.
(11) At the bridge over the Sèye, do not take the busy road, but look for the small wooden bridge below on the right. Go down and, after crossing this small bridge, follow the wide path mown into the meadow, which quickly leads to the former Abbey of Beaulieu-en-Rouergue.
(12) Take a moment to appreciate this peaceful, green site. Take the same path back to the bridge over the Seye. Turn right onto the road, then quickly leave it to take a wide path on the left. At the fork immediately after, take the left branch (woodenPR®2sign), which you will leave shortly afterwards.
(13) Continue left on the wide path, then turn right and come out higher up on a small road in the hamlet of Roubi, which has a few beautifully restored old houses.
SignpostPR®2
(14) Turn left and continue to the junction with the D20. Cross over, leaving the small road on your left at the Bach houses and continue straight ahead. The slope becomes much steeper and you will come to a T-junction.
No signposting
(15) Leave thePR®2, which branches off to the right, and turn left. At the junction shortly after the path on the right that leads to the restored building of Pech du Fournel, turn left onto a path heading south-east. Once you reach the small, partially tarmac road at Barthe Redonde, make a first turn left then right and continue downhill, keeping the village of Verfeil and its bell tower in your sights. Pass the Moulin de Breil and cross the Seye.
(16) Leave the road and take a wide, steeply ascending gravel path on the right that leads into the village. Take the fourth alley on the left, cross Rue Principale and reach the pretty little square where you can admire the beautiful market hall. A little further on, on the left, the Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens awaits your visit.
Then take Rue de l'Eglise, which leads to a small road that takes you to the car park at the start of the walk (S/E).
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