Entering the old city centre of Ponferrada.

I was one of very few who continued on from Rabanal all the way through to Ponferrada, so with lots of time to myself I found a funky little barbers shop just under the city gates and treated myself to a hot shave and snooze in the barbers chair.
My biggest concern with today's walk was the fact that my feet have been completely drenched for 7 hard hours and as I've told you before the key to no blisters is to keep the feet dry by changing socks every two hours. That concept lasted moments after my first dry change was into water logged boots. After arriving in my room and preparing for my daily fully clothed shower, You know" two birds one stone" hot shower/washing machine combo. I was afraid to remove my shoes and look at the damage, Well I think I'm looking at a couple of Octopus that have been beaten against the rocks in one if the Greek islands to ready them for lunch.