You leave Charenton-du-Cher quietly behind you. The last houses slip past, the road becomes a track, and the sounds of the town give way to birdsong and wind.
This is a day to catch your breath. The terrain is almost flat, with hardly any climbing or descending. It’s around 16 kilometres, a little over 4 hours’ walking. You walk at your own pace and let your thoughts wander. There is little to distract you, and that is exactly the charm. Bouzais is small and you arrive without any fuss, in plenty of time to do your washing or simply sit for a while. Behind you lie fields and meadows stretching to the horizon, under a wide sky.