Stretch 5

By following farm tracks and a path or two, where at times one will have to walk, one arrives at St Quirze de Besora.  This takes you the the Park of the Castell de Montesquiu, following a farmroad and then a tiny pathway that takes you to the 19th century riverside factory and workers housing scheme of la Farga d’en Bebié. It is now abandoned but makes an interesting visit. Leaving the factory follow the farmroad to a path that crosses  the very busy C17 and taking you on back routes to Ripoll. Here one follows the Via Verda, or Green Route to Sant Joan (Saint John) de les Abadesses, and follows along a range of tracks to Camprodon.