Your legs feel light today and your breathing stays easy. Your mind empties without any effort. This is a short, friendly day of about five hours, with little climbing and more descents than ascents. The landscape is open and dry: stone walls, low oaks and plenty of sky.
Towards the end, the route drops down to the Lot. Those last few kilometres go gradually downhill, and you’ll feel it more in your knees than in your lungs. Cahors sits in a loop of the river. You walk into the city through old streets, and once you reach the cathedral, you feel that you’ve truly arrived. Take the descent at your own pace. The city isn’t going anywhere.