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Regulated felling 63 33 19 25 TTél.él. :: 0055 63 33 19 25 goes back to the time of François I , when [email protected] he authorised the felling of 150 trees per year for the making of wine barrels. EESPACESPACE RRANDOSANDOS EETT PPAYSAGESAYSAGES In the 17th C., Jean-Baptiste Colbert 6, rue Saint Clair - 81000 ALBI obtained the timber for Louis XIV’s TTél.él. :: 0055 6633 4477 7733 0066 warships from here. www.randonnee-tarn.com [email protected] Download other Rando Tarn itineraries from: www.tourisme-vignoble-bastides.com Trail of departmental interest Autorisation n° 221140 – © IGN – Paris 2011 – Extrait scan 25 IGN 2006 – Echelle 1/30000 1 From la Place du Grand Roch (where the war memorial stands) go down the road running around the village (main thoroughfare to the west of the village). On the fi rst bend, go down the path on the left, towards the Verdier fountain. At the foun- tain, turn left. Go up to the left on the tarmac road. 2 At the «stop» sign, cross over to take the path which makes a hairpin bend to the right (you cross the GRR46). Where paths branch off, 60 m further on, go to the right, then, opposite the Conservatory orchard, right again. On the bend, take the track which forks to the left. Where paths diverge after the laundry trough, turn left. At the following path crossing, go right. Continue straight on. With the little valley in front of you, bear right (Audoulou waterfall) . Continue straight on. 3 At the waymeet, with the Audoulou bridge in front of you, turn right. Follow the watercourse upstream. At the top of the hill, turn left. Take the Roman Road to the left. Where paths branch off, go to the right; 50 m further on, go left. At the sign (Fountain 50 m), go left. Turn right on to the forest track. Alternative route: At the waymeet, with the Audoulou in front of you, cross the stream and follow the right bank. Where paths branch at the Le Roc farm, go up to the right. When you cross the GRR46, turn right. 7 At the following waymeet, go up to the right. Go up to the left in zig zags. Continue from n° 6. 4 At the Plégade roundabout, fork left. At the track, turn left. On a bend, take the grassy track to the left. At the Puech de l’Ayol crossroads (326 m), cross over to take the path opposite. 5 Where paths diverge, on the way down, go up to the right on the GRR46. 6 Leave the GRR46, and head off to the left. Go straight on, past two paths going off on the right (Larroque path). Go past to the left of the La Rouquette archaeological dig site. Go down between two meadows to Pont Bourguet. At the road, go left. Immediately after, at the end of the bridge, fork left. The track becomes tarmac up to the tennis courts. At the courts, go up the steep slope to the left taking you back to the start point. Rousseau - CG81 Chauvet - D. D. 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