You leave Thiviers without any fuss. A few more streets, the last houses, and you’re already walking between meadows and copses. The day starts gently, and it stays that way.
This is one of the easier stages on the route. There’s some climbing, but you descend more than you ascend, and it never gets really high. It’s around 18 kilometres along narrow roads, woodland paths and fields, through small hamlets where the dogs are about the only ones to notice you. It’s ideal for loosening up your legs. Then you arrive in Sorges, which calls itself the truffle village. At the first houses you can already see how seriously they take that. Put your rucksack down and take a stroll around the village.