Day 32

Elslack to Malham (10 miles) via Gargrave Station where we met Janet who is joining us for 3 days.
We had a problem in Malham where the Lister Arms didn't recognise our booking in spite of Andrew having it in writing and having confirmed it earlier in the week. Andrew ended up in the Youth Hostel and Janet and I went to a b&b 3 miles down the road.
We ended up with a great night in the Lister Arms, though, with 2 couples who insisted on buying us a bottle of wine in addition to the copious amount we had already consumed!
Now - to change subjects - for the long awaited report on feet. Surprisingly, neither Andrew or I have yet had a blister (what a feat!!!) but this could change, of course, at any time. Andrew has put on a precautionary Compeed two or three times and I've used one once. The backs of my heels are permanently tender, and slightly sore at times, and therefore something I keep an eye on. As far as I can tell the single most important thing to prevent blisters is to wear two pairs of socks - thick outer ones and thin liner socks. This alleviates the effect of friction. It's important to keep the liner socks clean and dry When I bought my new boots I bought them with full length Sorbothane shock-assorbing inserts. This has certainly help me. And the boots are a very snug fit so the feet don't move around in them. Finally, when we walk, we rest for 5 or 10 minutes every hour to take the weight off the feet, albeit briefly.