Nine per cent to go: Council largesse kicked in this evening in Dome of Delight: donations from Cllrs Kyle, Webb and McVeigh.

Almost there: Thanks to Francine Kavanagh of NY (via Belfast) and Mark Brown overnight. I completed at 4:09 in Hurricane conditions (that was the weather not my speed) and Fr Brian Jordan from NY walked part of the route on his banjaxed knee.

Thanks for all your help, great to see money come in from across the Atlantic as well. Children's Hospice is a great cause.

I'm a big fan and admirer of NI Hospice and in their debt.

Back to training. Máirtín