The estate agent was very impressed that I knew about it! We went the following day and as soon as we approached the mountain you could sense the sheer power of the place. A wonderful site for the Cathars to have chosen. ... It was he who dared to cross the stepping stones to find the Source de la Madeleine (just to the south of Rennes-les-Bains) because I was scared I would fall! (There used to be a passerelle there; it was swept away in the floods of 1997.) ...
Day 9: Appy ? Lordat ? appalling track 5km through a wood ? Col de Marmares ? Belclaire ? Quillan ? Couiza ? Rennes-le-Chateau ? Rennes-les-Bains. Hotel de France. 94km. Day 10: Rennes-les-Bains ? Col de Linas ? Cucugnan ? Tuchan ...