Day 13: Cowling to Skipton

Our tents at Skipton

Narrow boats on the Leeds - Liverpool Canal at Skipton (Image courtesy of panoramio.com)

Very slow progress is making it obvious that there is something wrong. It seems that Isaac has developed a problem with one of his feet. The boys are being very cagey and not saying much, probably in the hope that tomorrow everything will be alright again.

I don't know exactly what is wrong but it sounds like Isaac may have strained, or bruised, something in his foot. The boys set off this morning feeling positive and the foot didn't feel too bad but it wasn't long before Isaac was hobbling again. They decided to carry on to the nearest village, only about 5-6 miles further along the Pennine Way from Cowling, where they attempted to find someone to take a look at Isaac's foot but being a Sunday they were out of luck. Tomorrow they will try again to have Isaac's foot checked over and then make a decision on what to do from that point. It doesn't look good though. Josh admitted that Isaac may be heading back to Bristol tomorrow but he is determined to continue with the walk. I'm not so sure that is a good idea but he says that he has adjusted his route so that it is more direct and makes Edinburgh attainable within the next two weeks.

We wait to see what the doc says tomorrow.