The path quickly changes appearance. In some places, the roadsides are built using masonry. Here, you are walking on parts of the Estrade, the Causse de Sauveterre's first road for wheeled vehicles and a former mule track, first mentioned in 1703 (chemin de Mende). The Estrade ran in the gully between Paros and Vigos, linking Ispagnac to Mende and other major routes. It is now a draille (drovers' road), used by the sheep farmers from Paros to disperse their flocks over the Causse pastureland.