Haute-Loire. 160 km to follow in the footsteps of the Maquis in the Sucs

We can now retrace the steps of the resistance in Les Sucs. Close collaboration between the organizers of the Beauzac event and the Souvenir Français has made it possible to map out a 106-kilometer route (officially inaugurated this Saturday) that is intended as a tribute to the "men and women who chose courage," as Alan Blondeau emphasizes. "They risked everything, even their lives, so that ours could be free."
From the train attack in Confolent...The route can be started from La Dorlière. You'll then take the small road that leads down to Confolent, stopping in front of the station where the famous train attack by about fifteen local resistance fighters took place on July 17, 1944. A little further on (Pont-de-Lignon), you can also...
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