Since that outdoor store was closed on Thursdays, I waited till 10:30 till it opened. And they even had shoes in my size! I tried 3 pairs, and decided to go with the low maintenance one of my top 2. the other one was all leather, and this probably not really a shoe for the Camino.
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When I stepped outside it started to rain real hard. Since it was already noon, I started my walk out of town anyway. I was soaking wet in seconds. But the foot was holding up, and the pain was still not too bad.
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I walked out of the city in the continuing rain, and even though the rain poncho is supposed to keep you dry, you also start sweating a lot under it, so in no time your are drenched.
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Not only because of the rain, the walk was just exhausting. It quickly became a constant ascent of not more than 3%, but you do start to feel it.
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I had a Cerveza y Lemon and my queso and chorizo at Santa Catalina de Somoza, and I have to say that knife, fork and spoon combo is really sharp. I cleanly cut part of the tip of my finger off. Be my first attempt of a bandage did not hold long. Soon the blood was dripping down my arm, but in the constant rain I did not want to stop to improve the bandage.
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After a real tiring walk, that felt much longer than it was, I finally got to Rabanal del Camino. As they did not have a washing machine, or even more important a dryer, and hand washing and hanging it up in this humidity would not really get my cloth dry for tomorrow’s walk, I decided to hang the wet cloth in my room, hoping it would at least not be soaking anymore by tomorrow.
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Since the last couple of days all had rain I. The afternoon and evening, I really needed to get my laundry done, this I planned to go to Ponferrada the next day, and treat my self to an laundromat.