Beaugency is easy to leave behind. You pass a few streets of old stone houses, then the buildings and the bustle fade away and you’re out in the countryside. The Loire stays close for a little while, then open farmland takes over.
This is a gentle stage. There’s hardly any climbing or descending, so your legs can ease into the rhythm of the Via Turonensis. It’s around 21 kilometres, or a little over 5 hours of walking: ideal for letting your thoughts wander. This is a day of long, straight paths, very little traffic and plenty of sky above you. Suèvres comes into view without any fuss. On the last stretch you walk alongside fields, with a line of trees in the distance and the village tucked away behind it.