It's getting close!

It's really hotting up now - they're like whirling dervishes! Five days to go and a final check of the itinerary and day sheets today - that was turgid!

There are clearly Red Indians in Bakewell. Anyway, mum went down this morning and came back scalped.

Apparently there was mayhem at the hairdresser's with staff and clientele fascinated at the prospect of our adventure and more particularly the state of mum's coiffure after 3 months without their tender ministrations. One 'young' man was convinced that the impact of 3 months walking 1100 miles would have such a severe impact on mum's hormones that as well as being able to stand on her hair, she will have grown a beard!!

My new coat arrived today, as you can see, it's high vis, waterproof and warm. Thank you to the very nice people at Burns Pet Foods who have sponsored me.

I also received some more fan mail this morning with a very nice card from the lovely folks at Helens Trust wishing me good luck.

Helens Trust do an absolutely fabulous job in the area, providing support to people and their families who have terminal illness, and who want to stay in their own homes. If you would like to support them, all the details and links are on the right hand side of the blog.