That last hill at New Road was a very welcome sight. To see Jim, John, Gus and Emily there waiting was such an amazing feeling. We did it!! Thanks girls for all the encouragement and support you have given me and each other. Team Mercy are the best. Thank you to all the lovely people who have been so generous and made this challenge so worth doing. This has helped enormously to help fund my stay on the Mercy Ship next year.

Refuelled and some lovely company brought a smile to my face again. Those hills did not get any easier and I really struggled but the girls just kept me going even although they were in pain too. By the time we got to Logie I knew I could not give up then. The power of friendship, the mind over matter attitude and knowing I could not let all the people who had sponsored us down, kept me going. A huge lift came as we got into Forfar and a couple of friends literally abandoned their car to cheer us on the last wee bit was amazing.

What a fortnight this has been leading up to the audax! Soft tissue damage, lack of practice and nerves. This morning I set off with the girls with much nervousness. All was going well until we hit Kilroy or should say Killery Hill! Every sore part of my body came to the surface. Painkillers taken! And off we went on the decent! Both Jen and Jeanette kept me going over the last couple of miles to the pit stop. Jeanette should be a Sargent major on the drill field!! But she got me there! My sugars must have been in my boots by then.