Herds heading for summer pastures, cross the river at Saint Côme. Here the hillsides are dotted with vineyards and huts, called tabernals. Many of them are abandoned, thanks to the mass exodus of the locals in the 19th and early 20th century to Paris to sell firewood, coal and wine. The main street through the village opens into a circular boulevard. At the centre, is the twisted 16th-century spire of the Flamboyant Gothic Church with its original (1532), carved wooden door. Just outside the village, the 12th century Saint-Pierre-de-la-Bouisse Church was the next halt after Saint-Chély on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrim’s trail.