By the time Robert Louis Stevenson and Modestine reached that area they were tired, and they only left Florac in the afternoon. In the morning of the 10th day we left the gite – housed in the old railway station building – and climbed steadily. Mountains dominated the views all the way to Florac and leaving the town we walked through lush forest and then the GR70 trail followed the old railway line by the rocky gorge to Cassagnas. Stevenson dined in the village but he then camped beneath chestnut trees by the river not far from the village. We then descended on the broom hedged path to the charming Le Pont de Montvert, where we spent the night. Staring at the almost endless undulating hills it was not difficult to see why Stevenson was taken by the scenery. And just like Stevenson, we were greeted with sweeping views. The peak of Finiels seemed teasingly close but we only reached the summit – the highest peak of the Cévennes and the highest point of the entire trek – at around midday. Trees soon petered out and gave way to smaller shrubs, and soon we climbed the standing stone-lined path. But without a doubt the landscape there was dominated by Mt Lozére (with its highest peak, Finiels). Looking back from the ridge I could work out the mountains we traversed the day before. On the morning of the seventh day we left Le Bleymard.
We walked day after day and gradually the rolling hills became higher and there were fewer hamlets to walk through as the GR70 trail entered the Cévennes.
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