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Beuda
(338 m high). You set out from the parish church in
the village. It's a church with three naves: the central
one is a semicircular profile arch and the side naves
are half-barrel arches. There's a ladder against the
façade that takes you up to the belfry.
You take the path
that sets out from the left of the church which, after
a few meters, is asphalted. Turn right and leave the
road for a few moments.
4 min. You join
the road again and continue uphill. After a while,
we cross the dry river bed of the Font Fresca (Fresh
Spring). Inside the dry river bed to the left there
is an old lime kiln, almost totally covered. la
11 min. Pla de
bosc. .We continue on
road GR2
27 min. Turn
to the left crossing the road to cross the Clot de
Pou.
42 min. You go
past Can Posada and take the path that comes from
Segueró.
53 min. Pathway
crossing, you carry on along the GR2.
55 min. You pass
behind the walls of Can Noguer and, almost immediately
the GR2, will show us the the profile until you see
a magnificent building that during the XVIII and XIX
centuries was one the most importat buildings in Catalonia
(remember: "If you want to know who are the richest
in this land:/ Noguer of Segueró,/ the Sovereign of
Sanata Creu / and Espona of Saderrra"). Verdaguer,
while he was at Mont, paid repeated visits to this
house. The spring that lies directly beneath the path
once you have gone past the housed carries the name
of the poet. El Noguer, with some tenant farmers and
the Church are the added part of Segueró.
1,31 h. The
spring of Pastora rock. Beneath the cliff that lies
behind the spring and a litte to the right, there
is the Abbot's Corral, an ancient construction that
served as corral. You keep on going up the road. To
the right you can see the mountain range of Finestrelles.
1,40 h. Sant
llorenç de Sous. An ancient Benedictine monastery,
known in the middle ages by the name of Sant Llorenç
del Mont, which played an important role in the history
of the late middle ages of the county of Besalu. Today
it is very much in ruins. The church, dating from
the XIth century, is a basilica-type building, with
three naves, now without arches. The main door opens
on to the west façade, and is simple in shape, with
a vaussoir arch. The monastic cloister is to the south
of the church, at a lower level than the church, and
is organised around the cloister courtyard.
2,00 h.Can
Campmol. Should you have the time, you can go down
and visit the church of Saint Mary, with a single
nave, crowned to the west by a semicircular apse.
The apse is decorated in a Lombardy frieze of a series
of arches. The church was recently restored. If you
are short of time just go past the house and take
the path you will find on the lefthand side, specifically
in front of the only cypress tree there is. There
is a small esplanade where, if necessary, you could
park the car. You leave the GR2 and take the narrow
path that suddenly crosses a white pine forest (the
people there call it "pina").
2,10 h. Can Campmol forest. You
will find two paths: take the one on the right.
2,30 h. Monument of Sant Macià
(Pronounced Macia or Macies). We get to an esplanade
which is a crossroads. The monument is on the righthand
side of the path, just a few metres away. It is made
from stones crowned by an old millstone. The original
cross has not been there for years. There is a path
that goes downhill and another headed north: you should
take the latter. When you have walked not even ten
or twelve metres you should turn left: once again
you are on a narrow path. In the old days this path
was a long way that went as far as Lliurona and Bassegoda.
2,40 h. The Planellot. This is a great pine forest
where you can find milky agaric and olive hygrophorus.
2,50
h. There is a path to the right that leads to Casot
in half an hour. The Casot of Falgars is the farmhouse
where, at the end of 1959, the "maquis" (outlawed
Spanish republican soldier) Quico Sabater and his
group were in hiding, and where he had his first encounter
with the Civil Guard. We should keep on going uphill.
3
h. You start coming across Spanish oak trees; the
pine trees becoming less frequent on this side of
the the mountain. We continue walking northwards,
amidst vegetation typical of Spanish oak groves: here
you can find lady's thumb, rhamnus alaternus, two
kinds of juniper (do not donfuse them: they look a
bit alike) , privet, heather (in this country a distinction
is made between common heather and heather used for
making brooms), honeysuckle, sarsaparilla, scrub,
and so on.
3,15
h. Monument of Sant Miquel. There is a boundary post
separating two properties dated 1859: on one side
is the F for Falgars; on the other is the N for Noguer.
Ten metres from the monument there stands a great
pine tree and, next to it a path leading downhill
towards Casot.
3,20
h. Right next to the path there is a badger warren.
Before, people from this area used to eat badgers
since meat was highly appreciated (meat in general,
not just badger meat). All along the path it is easy
to hear jays, thrushes, blackbirds, the latter especially
in winter.
3,30
h. There are two paths, but both of them start right
there.
3,40
h. The Claiming Spanish oak-tree. We have reached
the asphalted road which goes from Cabanelles to the
top of the Mare de Déu del Mont. We have to keep going
uphill for another kilometre.
4
h. You should turn right (there is a sign forbidding
the entrance of vehicles, except for those belonging
to Beuda Forest Keepers and neighbours) and take an
non-asphalted path that goes as far as Falgars. It's
an impressive farmhouse, started in the XIIIth century,
from which the panoramic view is excellent. Nearby,
next to the path, there is the Chapel of the Annunciation
and a little further on, there is a small construction
that used to be the pantry of Falgars (the lintel
is dated 1798).
4,10
h. Falgars Spring. It lies to your right. It is a
fine spot to have a rest and have a snack.
4,11
h. The Holy Trinity Spanish oak-tree. It almost touches
the roadside to your right. It gets the name because
of its three branches starting to branch out three
metres above ground level.
4,15
h. Lime-kiln. It's only a few metres away from the
roadside.
4,25
h. Fields of Bac (also called the Fields Up Above).
They were farmed until quite recently. Once the fields
come to an end, carry on for another 100 metres uphill
along the path that you should get off almost immediately
and take a well-trodden narrow path that turns right.
4,30
h. There's a huge beech tree to the right of the path.
5,00
h. Mare de Déu del Mont (1.115 m).
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