You walk into Guérigny with energy still left in your legs. That’s the gift of this stage. After around five hours of walking, you have the afternoon to yourself: time to sit down, air your feet and do a bit of washing.
The day began quietly in Prémery and stays that way. The route rises and falls gently, nowhere really steep, and nothing along the way pushes you. This is a day to simply walk and let your thoughts drift. It’s a good day to feel how your body is coping after the first stages. You look back on quiet roads, a village here and there and very little traffic. The last stretch you’ll picture afterwards is a narrow path alongside pastures, where the edge of the woods slowly darkens in the late light.