Your legs are still fresh today, and your head is full. For the first few kilometres you climb out of the city, and your breathing soon settles into a pilgrim’s rhythm. Le Puy stays in view for a while, with its rocks and towers. Then the wide, open plateau takes over.
There’s more up than down, but nothing nasty. At the highest point, well over 1200 metres, it can be chilly and windy. The path runs past fields, through small villages and patches of woodland. Towards the end you descend to Saint-Privat-d’Allier, in the Allier valley. You’ll be on your feet for about seven hours, enough for a first day. So take it easy: your body still has to learn what it’s in for.
Start slowly, and you’ll get there.