The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail - A Walker's guide

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November 2010

Epilogue Part 2, Mialet to Alés

There is now a gîte d’étape at Mazel, very near the Col d'Uglas, and also there are new gîtes d’étape at both Aïgladines and Audibert.

November 2008

The author wishes to thank both Colin James and Andrew West for supplying the following updated information (October 2008) on the RLS Trail.

Page 72, 2nd para, last line: the D49 has been renumbered as the D491.

Page 73, lines 12–19. The route now cuts the corner. The text should now read:

"reach a track T-junction; here turn right and immediately left along an enclosed track, wall on left and wire fence on right, now heading towards Preyssac. Veer right for about 50m when you enter the hamlet..."

Page 81, route description, lines 5-6. The reservoir is on your left, not your right.

Page 84, para 4, last sentence. The route now goes through a tunnel under the
D40, so it is not necessary to cross this potentially busy road.

Page 100, para 3. The area has now been drained and a forest road laid and well
waymarked.

Page 112–113. One hiker has described an alternative route to Notre-Dame-des-Neiges which is about 2km longer, as it contours around the hill, following yellow and white waymarks, rather than taking the more direct over the hill route, described in the guidebook

Page 122, 2nd para. 'L'Elixir bar' has been renamed 'Le Relais de Modestine'.

Pages 135 and 136. There has been a major re-alignment of the route form just after Finiels to Le Pont-de-Montvert. The new route is well waymarked and much easier to navigate than the old trail and follows for the most part a wide track which is fenced on both sides. The trail keeps relatively high and away from the river and enters Le Pont-de-Montvert on the other side of the valley to the museum.

Andrew West has supplied the following description of the route, which replaces the guidebook description on page 135–6, to replace the three paragraphs commencing “At a junction take a left fork..."

“Take the left track and follow for almost 2km to arrive at a tarmaced lane with a farm on the left. Go straight over on an enclosed path to shortly reach another farm. Turn left in front of the farm and pass through a metal gate. Continue on the enclosed path (walled) and across field to another metal gate. The path, now enclosed again, descends to some trees and turns left to another metal gate. Follow path to yet another metal gate. The route now continues above the valley (on left) with Le-Pont-de-Montvert soon coming into view. Descend to the first building and proceed down the steep tarmaced lane towards the village centre veering left towards the humpbacked bridge over the river Tarn.”

Colin James advises that “On nearing the village and after passing a tin bath on the right, look for waymarking on a wall on the left; this ensures that you drop to a lower path to enter Le Pont-de-Montvert”.

Page 164, facilities, at the end of the paragraph:
Note that there is now a short-cut to the campsite that starts from the lower church in the village (signposted with a “walker and tent” waymark). This passes pleasantly through woodland, so that road walking is not necessary to reach the campsite.

Page 176, line 6. The tip has gone!

Epilogue, page 190, route description, 2nd para, line 3:
"...turning right again at a T-junction (insert: water tap here) heading for a second hamlet..."