Walking tour No.20 from Couesques Dam

Depart from the town of Campouriez, latitude 44.6963400 (N 44° 41’ 47”), longitude 2.5843600 (E 2° 35’ 4”)

• Departure

• From the dam car park, retrace your steps until the small road going up to the D 904. Turn right on the Country GR and follow the shady road for 400m.
• Variante: leave the GR de Pays and continue the climb for 1.5km by a very nice little road. At the first junction, take the paved path towards "Lacassagne". Leave the "Izaguette" and "Le Lucadou" directions on the right. Follow this level road to the junction of the Lacassagne farm (beautiful views of the Truyère valley and the Couesques dam). Slant left to D 904. Before the junction, turn right towards La Roque for 100 m and find the GR de Pays.

• Take a left the road that goes up to Couesques Hautes. Before the hamlet, veer right on a grassy path. Continue straight on a dirt road to the crossroads of the Collet. Take the D904 on the left for 30 m, veer to the right pin. After 100m, continue on a path to the Bitarelle. Follow D 526 on the right to Saint Hippolyte. In the centre of the village, go down to the right until D 904. Follow her right for 400 m and turn left on a path leading to the road to La Roque.
• Continue to La Roque and then always to the right towards Le Couderc (view of the village of Valon and its castle that stands out on the horizon). At the last house, take to the right and then to the left. Through pastures and chestnut woods, descend to the valley and lead to the small road coming from La Roque.
• Leaving the Country GR. Follow the road to the right to the Lax farm (note well-preserved traditional buildings). Continue to the Rousty and then Thely overlooking the lake. After the farm, continue straight on a very pleasant dirt road to Lucadou.
• Continue dominating the Truyère to Izaguette. Slant to the left and cross the beautifully renovated hamlet stretching on the shores of the lake. Continue on an old road lined with walls and fruit trees towards the dam after passing the forced pipe bringing water from the reservoir built on the Goul. Return to the dam by a wide dirt road.
• End of the circuit

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