This day asks for attention at the start and patience afterwards. First you have to get out of Montpellier, and leaving a city is rarely a straight line: traffic lights, roundabouts, suburbs. Keep a close eye on the waymarks, as they are easily missed in a city.
After that, things get quieter. It is an easy stage of about 20 kilometres, a good 5 hours of walking, with gentle undulations and little else to tug at you. The landscape opens up and the bustle fades away. Montarnaud lies at the end of the day as a quiet village, a pleasant contrast to the city you left this morning. Let your shoulders drop and the rest will follow. First get out of the city, then the Camino comes to meet you.