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From Termes the route from the local lane turns left onto the D110 (towards Laroque Timbaut) and follows this for a short distance before turning off to the right hand side of the thick green hedge, with a farm behind. On this occasion the group included Angie Richards, Romain Raphael-Leygues, Anthony Comfort, John Massey, Fiona and David Neville.
View north taken from where the ‘Voie Romaine’ crosses the road that comes from Laroque Timbaut, via the D656 at Le Portail towards Pages and Norpech. Areas of stone frequently visible.
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View south. The farm track with the ‘voie romaine’ underneath goes through the area of Lespigue, Coufoulet, Norpech, and Le Portail. Here the track crosses over the lane between Lespigue and Coufoulet. The farm with the thick green hedge can be seen in the distance. View south.
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Windmill la Vergne near Cauzac, which is situated off to the right from the Roman Road.
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Studying the old maps on the farm tracks between Norpech and Le Portail. We are standing on the ‘voie romaine’, view south.
View south with the D656 on the right of the picture. The ‘Voie Romaine’ is to the right hand side of the hedge on the left of the picture.
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Again looking south, the previous photo was taken where the farm track on the left crosses into the plum trees on the right. The muddy farm track has some large stones visible – perhaps from the original surface?
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This part of the Roman Road is currently used on the Rando 47 website – 12.3km Walk starting from Cauzac. The map supplied picks up the Roman Road at the D656 after Stage 6 and continues south to Stage 8, turning off left towards Norpech (the Voie continues south). Google Rando 47 and click on the link that mentions ‘randonnees’. Scroll down and choose from the five choices.
The best one for our area is ‘Vallee du Lot’. This will bring up a map which you can enlarge, and choose an area and distance for a walk. These are fairly easy to follow but some knowledge of French is useful when you walk in an area without telegraph poles, or trees which they use for the way markers. (To my knowledge there is no equivalent site in the Lot or Tarn & Garonne at the moment).
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