PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE CORRECTIONS SENT IN BY READERS AND HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN VERIFIED BY THE AUTHOR. Walk 4 - Pic d'Anjeau/Rochers de la TudeHow to get there: Take the D48 (not D239) from Le Vigan to the village of Montdardier (9 km) on a winding road.Longer walk - Rocher de la Tude:(B) Take the PR sign (petite randonnée) to the right, with yellow, orange and red splashes just beyond. Walk 28 Sentier du PompidouSignposting: Recently all but one of the small wooden signs marked with a chestnut, an arrow and a green square, have disappeared. (2) and (3) - Follow sign Le Masaout. (9) - Ignore - "A few minutes later look for a chestnut sign which takes you up left and past the back of an abandoned hamlet", as there is now a sign Propriété Privée - Defense d'entrer. The hamlet is being restored. Instead - Continue down the road and turn left, passing the hamlet of le Soulie. Take the first turning back up left which will meet no. 11 on the map. From Kit Hum Walk 29 - Round Barre-des-Cevennes Nos. 1 & 2 - There is now a fence between the path and the Balmegouse barns. We climbed over the fence at a low point and were able to follow the book by going to the right past one of the barns. However, we never found the water tank (although a heap of demolished masonry may once have been the tank) and we never managed to find Les Combes. After pottering about for a bit we came to a crossroads where there was a yellow PR sign for Barre-des-Cevennes to the right. Looking at the lie of the land, it seemed very likely that if we had not tried to get over the fence but had simply walked on past the barns the path would have delivered us to this spot via the turning to the left. We took the path to the right signposted Barre and 10 minutes later it emerged at the oak tree on the D20 as per paragraph 4. Halfway between the crossroads and the D20 our path was joined by another coming in from the right which may have come from Les Combes. However, this path was fenced across and not with a 'gate' type fence. This walk was recently done by the author who noted one or two amendments. Walk 9 - Le Sentier des Anes Under (How to get there) Note: There is now a parking area on the left before you reach the village. No.1 - 3rd Paragraph A tarmac road now leads to the Mas Goutanière which has been renovated. Cross the road and continue straight on the path. No.2 There is no longer a yellow splash on the tree but turn right as indicated and you will see a yellow splash further on. Line 5 - A tarmac road now leads to the farm down left and continues to the D420. No.4 The signs at the Col de Tribale have been changed around. The undefined eroded path is behind the sign Col de Tribale and not Notre Dame de la Rouvière. No.6 From the Col de Bes there is now a new jeep track. You will cross this track further down (it leads to a gate). - note you can go down the jeep track but you will then find the continuing narrow path down difficult to locate as tere are no splashes. Walk No. 3 - Roc de L'Esparon This walk was recently done by the author who noted the following changes. NOTE - THERE ARE NEW SIGNPOSTS ALL THE WAY ROUND WHICH MAKES IT EASIER TO FOLLOW. (4) Line 6 - the barbed wire fence has been replaced by a smart new style. (8) Cross the road to meet a signpost at the Col de L'Esparon. Take direction La Bernadette 3.8kms, Bréau-et-Salagosse 4.9kms. The jeep track passes a house up on the left and soon enters cool chestnut forest. Ignore any turnings off and keep to the main track, which is wide and flat. (9) Where the track meets pine trees look for a signpost indicating right down a narrow path. There is a red/yellow cross on the track ahead. The path goes down medium steep through tall grasses and pines to reach a jeep track in a clearing. (10) Go down right on the jeep track. CAREFUL do not take the track immediately right. Further down you go through a barrier (sign here indicating 'Fôret Dominale de L'Aigoual'). When the jeep track veers to the RIGHT go straight on to a narrower track. Note in the village of Bréau-et-Salagosse there is now a signpost. (13) Go LEFT in the Place and then RIGHT down the Ancienne Voie Romaine which turns into a narrow track with high walls................ (15) Go right and cross a bridge over a dry riverbed. Turn a corner and take the second turning to the right at a new signpost Les Vignes indicating Molieres-Cavaillac 1.3kms. There is a warehouse left and further up a number of new houses. At the end of the houses the road becomes a jeep track. Continue up keeping to the right and where it goes into a field take a narrow rocky path right (there are yellow splashes here). Shortly after keep left ......... (16) The path goes down between high banks to a road. Go right to reach a signpost. Following yellow splash go up right on to a wide jeep track. A few minutes after, on a wide corner, go straight ahead on a narrow path and follow signs on left which take you up by a small park to the entrance of the village. WALK NO.29 - Round Barre des Cevennes Correction sent in by Pat Godden - October 2008. (1) Second Paragraph The path goes along the side of a fence passing behind two large barns. Follow the signposted route through the trees to reach a narrow road - you can see a beautiful old farm called Les Combes along the road to the right. Cross the road slightly left onto a marked footpath which brings you out to the D20 road at a large oak tree. (No.4) Turn down right ...... |