Four Down - Three To Go

OK, whose bright idea was this?

I knew today would be tough, but this was hard beyond my worst nightmares. Fifteen miles that felt like forty and every single one of them hard going.

I am hot, I am tired, I ache from head to toe and I have more pain in my feet than I ever thought possible. No, that's not true, what I can feel in my feet goes way beyond pain.

I did manage to record an interview with BBC Radio Oxford which should have gone out on the Jo Thones show this afternoon, so if you get a chance, do the "listen again" thing. Fortunately, I did that before I started crying. I have shed bucket loads of tears today, not least for the tiny lamb stuck on a ledge beside a fast flowing river which we simply could not rescue.

My brother and sister-in-law bought me a pedicure for my birthday last week and if I had a pound for every time I've looked forward to that today, I would double my sponsorship!

Best bit of today - it's over.