Daniel is doing just great at the moment. We recently went on holiday with our friends Lizzie and Simon to Cornwall. Daniel walked his way around Cornwall with his sticks and amazed us by walking a couple of short coastal walks of 2-3km. We had been on these walks a few years ago - with the wheelchair - and so it was fantastic to banish that memory and watch Daniel really enjoying himself.

At the moment we are back to a week of intensive physio, which although he certainly doesn't enjoy it he does admit that he feels it does him good now. This week he is concentrating on walking a step independently and stopping, taking control of his balance and then stepping again. It is a long road for him but he couldn't walk very far with his sticks a year ago so we will watch and wait. He is a determined boy and Dr Park thinks that Daniel has more to come. The photo is taken overlooking Padstow harbour on one of the coast walks.