Having chosen one of the walks from the free booklet of walking routes we obtained from the Tourist Information office in Aydat, we set off to the departure point in the nearby village of Corent. We parked in the village car park, opposite the school. Corent is a small village and, whilst probably no more than a few miles from a bakery (you're never more than a few miles from a bakery in France) the local need for access to fresh bread was such that there was a vending machine in the car park selling delicious looking, crusty baguettes.
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| Bread vending machine in carpark |
The booklet of walks gave a an outline map of the route along with step by step instructions. We have never had much success with these types of books in the past, finding that the written instructions are subject to several, if not many, interpretations when you're actually on the route. It's only when you've taken several incorrect interpretations then retraced your steps until you get it right that you realise where you went wrong and the correct route seems entirely obvious. Unfortunately, the French instructions were no improvement on this at all. We went horribly wrong somewhere but we don't know where, ending high up on a ridge with no discernable path down except a steep water run-off.
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| View overlooking Corent |
Of course, we still had a great walk through the wooded hills of the Puy de Corent and with a walking map, the book of instructions and a GPS (Roland had the foresight to plumb in the co-ordinates of where we left the car) we found our way back to the car park, although, admittedly after walking twice the distance noted in the book. It really was a lovely walk though.
We returned to the campsite and rewarded ourselves with a couple of glasses of wine after our exertions. It was a good day.
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