THE HAPPY VALLEY 32 THE SALMON WILL SOON BE BACK ROUND WALK With its fast-flowing, cool and well-oxygenated waters, fDIFFICULTE f SITUATION : , on the D217, between and Saint-Céré the Bave, one of the Dordogne’s tributaries, provides a f START POINT : Place de la Mairie (Town Hall square) high-quality natural habitat for fario trout, which can still go through their full biological cycle here : laying GPS Coordinates : N 44.815155° E 1.969281° eggs, growth of young, and reproduction. This unfortu- nately is not the case in the river Dordogne, where elec- DURATION : 4hrs tricity-producing structures have slowed down the flow LENGTH : 13 kms and warmed the water to a temperature incompatible

WAYMARKING : Yellow with the trout’s survival. Fortunately, the Departmental Federation for fishing and the protection of aquatic habi- t479 m tats is doing its best to conserve and to restore our rivers. 353 m Thus, thanks to the construction of fish ladders, the Bave 248 m could even become suitable once again for salmon to reproduce there, now that they have reappeared in the D From the town hall square, go 4 Rejoin the road and go 50m along Dordogne. towards Saint-Céré on the D217. it, take the track on the right. Further Where several roads branch off, go on, go to the right and after the The unspoiled towards Les Rouberts. 100m further stream, go straight on. Then at a fork “natural beauty of the on, fork right on a path and rejoin take the track furthest right to get to landscape will unfold the road. Turn left then take the first a pine forest. Cross the stream to get before you in and track on the right, going down into to La Planquette. around the Bave valley the valley of La Bave. At the road, As you leave the hamlet, at the with its fresh greenery. cross over towards La Bessonie. 5 junction continue on towards Lafage 1 After the hamlet, cross the Bave and Ladirat to get back to the Place ” stream, follow the bridle path de la Mairie. (orange signs) to the right for about to SEE in the area… 2.5 kms to get to a footbridge. • Sénaillac-Latronquière: Cross the stream and come to the Tolerme Lake 2 the hamlet of La Veyrière. Go at an • Lacapelle-Marival : 13th-16th C. castle, angle to the left on the first track. 15th C. church & covered Follow the bridle path along beside market the stream to get to the D39. Go past • : Town of Art and Terrou (on your left) and go towards History the right, cross the bridge and follow the sign for St. Céré to the left. f FOOD SHOPS/ RESTAURANTS ETC 3 Take the road towards Lalba Terrou : Auberge La Forge on your right. At the cross, go left, Saint-Céré, Gorses then follow the track straight ahead f INFORMATION between two fields. Once back on Haut-Ségala the road, go straight on opposite. Information Office On your left stands the Château of 05 65 11 61 97 Saint-Thamar. Go past a small lake on your right, and, leaving the path, go obliquely left.