Well, that's at least something, so it was't all wasted effort!

You'll be more inconvenienced than any of the others. Cherrygrove is three day's walk, anyone with a flying Pokemon and a zephyr badge *Imogen flicks her earring... which is her zephyr badge.* can manage that trip in a few hours.

But you've got company, so if you do have to walk you'll have more people to talk to than your Pokemon friends.