Molinescea to Vallifranca del Bierzo 32km

Today we treated ourselves to a nice lie in and werent up until 9.. such a luxury but really not worth it in the end.. we just ended up walking through the hottest part of the day and a tough walk it was. We decided we were pushing for the over 30km mark again to get us to the bottom of what looked like a nasty ascent for the following morning.
Walking through Ponferrada we managed to get totally lost, but on our way again we headed off into the hills.. walking seperately both Isabel and Vanessa managed to take unnecessary detours (also known as getting lost).. adding up to about an extra 4 km each..Vanessa took a nice snooze in some forrest we walked through while Isabel put her head upside down in a fountain to get rid of the 38 degree heat.. no fun with the 10kg rucksack! After the soaking of all the hair and continuing on my way, a man stopped in his car, jumped out and insisted on giving me a hat from his boot.. (mine was off momentarily)He owned a local vineyard and had the hats for the staff... I think he saw all the water dripping off me from the fountain and may have thought it was sweat! Nice.
Eventually arrived into Villafranca with some tired and sore feet at about 7pm, and stayed in the house of a local ´guru´ called Jesus, who believed himself to be able to cure any pain we had.
We both still have sore ankles, knees, shoulders and a lot of blisters. Not convinced.