St Antoine after Auvillar: shop closed

The gite is closed, too! (Lots of business opportunities in Saint-Antoine right now...)

I would say, the rule of thumb on the Le Puy route is to always plan to self-cater your lunch. And on top of that, to anticipate resupply closures by always carrying two (or even three) days' worth of lunch foodstuffs. It might even become dinner one night. Coming across a restaurant or cafe timely for the mid-day meal happened to me exactly three times on the entire route. And the picnicked suppers actually outnumber the cafe-lunches. #hungrypilgrim

I don't recall ever buying lunch on this route. Each morning I would buy a demi-baguette and some cheese or ham, and some fruit, from the boulangerie/epicerie in the town or village I'd spent the night, fill my Thermos with hot water and a little milk on top of a teabag, et voila - lunch, to be eaten wherever the fancy took me.

(Or, more realistically, wherever I could find somewhere to sit down - church porches a favourite when raining.)

Anyone who has walked the CF should be prepared for the almost total absence of coffee stops/food shops and facilities in general between towns on this route. Which, I think, adds greatly to its charm. That and the scenery, of course.