In 1878, in the company of a donkey, the young Robert Louis Stevenson set off along the paths of the Haute-Loire, with the aim of curing a broken heart. 270 km in all, passing through Langogne and its remarkable Halle aux grains, Florac where “la source du pêcher” springs forth, Saint-Jean-du-Gard and its famous spinning mill, the first place in France for the industrial production of silk thread