After packing up and saying goodbye Josh walked on until he found a cafe where he started the day with a full English breakfast. The weather is fine again today. Sunny but with a cool breeze. He is in fine spirits, having just received notice that he should receive confirmation that his university accomodation has been secured within the next few days. He can see today's route clearly and there is the prospect of a campsite and shower at the end of the day.
19:00 - Josh has reached Knutsford and is completely exhausted. His feet are not fairing well today either. With the heat they have been sliding around enough to bring on new blisters and at the moment he can hardly wait to get to his uncle Chris's flat in Manchester so that he can rest for a day and soak his feet, not to mention that shower that keeps evading him. Poor Josh isn't going to get his shower tonight either as the only campsite that we can find in this area is just a field that is hired out by prior arrangement. This is not really a camping area as it is situated just at the end of the runway for Manchester airport! I will be happier when he reaches Chris tomorrow and when he is back out in the countryside again next week. For the moment he has no options other than seeking a pub with a garden but there doesn't seem to be any in Knutsford. There are pubs, just no pub gardens. Apparently there is a flower show in town at the moment and all guest rooms have been taken so that isn't an option either. I suggested that he just finds a quiet area in the park and discretely pitches his tent. He could then soak his feet in the lake for a while. But Josh is trying as hard as he can to not break any laws or offend any locals and authorities. This must be the lowest point of his trip so far. A local man that he spoke to has suggested that he tries asking the people who are camping at the flower show if he can put his tent up in their company and that is what he has hobbled off to do.
He really needs a guardian angel tonight!
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After further thought I texted Josh to tell him to ignore my previous suggestion about bathing his feet in the lake as it is probably not the cleanest water and he has open wounds on his feet. He laughed and texted me back to say that there was no way that he inteded to dangle his feet in any bacteria infested water. Phew!
It seems that local man was a guardian angel in disguise. Josh has pitched his tent with all the flower show people and they have extended their hospitality to him, thank goodness. There are toilets, there is a bar and they have told him that he is welcome to join them for a cooked breakfast in the morning. What a relief! Unfortunately there is no shower but there should be sinks with clean running water.
Distance walked today: Approx. 21 miles.
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