Your legs find their own rhythm and your mind slowly empties. It’s an easy day, with barely any climbing and gentle undulations through the Touraine. The highest point is nothing to speak of. What counts is the length: almost 6 hours of walking, and you’ll feel it in your feet by the end.
The route is quiet and open, with little to distract you. That suits a day when you simply want to settle into your pace. Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine is a proper country town, and the name gives it away: the goat’s cheese comes from here. When you see it later in a shop window, you’ll know why.
Take it steady and keep your pace even. The day will take care of itself.