You walk into Chasseneuil-du-Poitou feeling the day in your legs, but not in your knees. Looking back, it was a long, steady stage: around 26 kilometres without a single real climb.
The route rises and falls gently, nothing more. The highest point is modest, and the challenge is mostly about keeping going. Almost 7 hours of walking is a long time, even when it’s flat. You settle into a steady pace and let the kilometres come. At the end you put your rucksack down, take off your shoes and look around the quiet streets of a village that already borders Poitiers.