Villecelles, Near Lamalou-les -Bains, Herault.

A lovely short walk of about 4.5 km. Takes around an hour but we took much longer enjoying a picnic and a coffee break by the stream. Take the town center bypass around Lamalou to the junction where the road turns right on the D32. Don't turn right, go straight up the tiny lane opposite and follow the bends around to reach a road going straight up to a no through road. Before you reach this you will find a parking area on your right. After parking go straight up the hill on the little track to reach the hamlet of Villecelles. Now turn right. There is a small car park here too (another good place to park). Now follow the yellow markers. Turn right down a lovely stone path to reach the old washing area for Villecelles. Cross the pretty stream(waterfalls here). Soon you will reach another pretty hamlet. Le Fraisse. Turn left here. If you feel like a much longer walk keep right following the red/white route also yellow, It's part of a 12km walk but would be around 7 - 8 km from here. Keeping left go up on a wider track through lovely woods of chestnuts to reach a crossroads. At the crossroads turn left on a red/white path heading towards Lamalou. This is a lovely path, that all too quickly returns to the little road. We turned left and continued on the road back to Villecelles (don't cross the road to continue on the GR). Go through the very pretty hamlet and back down the path beside the little car park.