I have written elsewhere that the French confraternity has organized the Chemin from Le Puy to Figeac so that your morning will start with a good stiff climb – an excellent method in which to insure that your respiratory and cardiac systems are in good working order. Nothing challenging mind you but in general, the gites are located in the villages and towns situated in the valleys while the daily walk is up high meaning at the end of your day you will almost always face a steep descent when you are focused on your Miam Miam Dodo and not on the path-beware!. The terrain also insures very poor communication, in many places you will find no reception for cellular phones. Lastly, be flexible! Again the French authorities have no hesitation to send we pilgrims on a 2 kilometer detour slip-sliding down a ravine, across a rickety bridge hand built by previous pilgrims from river stones and flood washed tree trunks, scrambling up the other side all in order to save the 350 meters of a walk on the tarmac. Keep a good eye on your map and the terrain in front of you.
Be prepared for a marvelous walk through natural beauty passing through medieval villages and amazing religious architecture. Do not count on any lunch which you have not already prepared, the Spanish experience of multiple café/bars does not work in France. And lastly beware the dreaded Monday, shops open Saturday and half Sunday closing before you arrive on Sunday. Monday most if not all will be closed meaning "No soup for you!"