<b>Day 16</b><br>The team completed another solid 13.8 miles on day 16. Setting off from Eccles, west of Manchester the team moved north through Worsley, Walton and Bolton to finish the day in Egerton.<p><b>Strange Fact 16</b><br>Bolton was a 19th-century boomtown, and at its zenith in 1929 its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world. With a population of more than 260,000, Bolton is the UK's biggest town<p><b>Shout out to...</b><br>James Bentall for organising so many activities for the NMYP members and coordinating the volunteer effort that has helped so many people at this time and thanks to James organisational skills the team are approaching halfway having put in well over 400 miles and remain on course to reach John O'Groats.