If you don’t think you have gone as far as your hiking companion insists, double check the map BEFORE crossing the stepping stones that obviously do not pass for a footbridge. BTW we both ended up in the river, although my slip was not as spectacular as Phil chasing after his hiking stick as it floated away. Yes he got it back and yes we found the footbridge. Safely in Aysgarth for the night at the George and Dragon Inn.
