Walking, walking, walking in the muggy heat of the day. Still walking still pushing forward. His shoulder is raw and his feet are being held together with Compeed blister plasters but the rest is holding up. Getting closer to the campsite. Just a few more paces and then a cool, refreshing shower...
What?!
Campsite Closed!!!
Nothing else on this route for about 15 miles!
And it is 5:00 P.M. Ugh....
Josh is tired, hungry and desperate for a shower but as he moves north east the options seem to narrow. He walks from the farm, (the farm that the internet still has registered as a campsite), and he resets his stamina to cope with another ten miles, just when he had accepted that 18 miles was enough for one day. He walks on until he finds a Tudor looking hotel set back from the road, (The Wild Boar Inn), and he decides to ask if there is any chance that he can pitch his tent in their grounds for the night. The management make an effort to oblige but, inevitably, for security reasons. they refuse. The staff offer drink and food to Josh. He accepts the drink and would like to accept the food too but time is pressing and he needs to find his pitch for the night. He walks on.
Wild Boar Inn: http://www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=9854
Eventually, at 20:18, I received a text to say that he had just been fed, given a drink and offered a garden for his tent. The landlady even returned the cost of the drink and the meal. So it is a big THANK YOU to the very hospitable people at the Beeston Castle Hotel!
Beeston Castle Hotel: http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/tarporley/bar-pub/1p1o99/beeston-castle-hotel?agoal=3_2
Distance walked today: Approx. 20 miles.
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