Saturday 28th August......Lockerbie in sight

Today is the day I want to pick Matt up and run with him on my shoulders........

Another early start today, away from the camp at 7.15 ish.....definitely not enough sleep!  Very cold last night although Matt says he wasn't too bad. I had to cover my head up with my sleeping bad to stop my nose and cheeks from freezing!  Brrrr, the evenings and the the mornings are certainly getting cooler.

MM is very tired today, but is still running and looking forward to his cold bath tonight!  (I think by the end of this trip both of us will be insane, out with the white jackets with the funny sleeves).  Sometimes we are so tired we can't speak properly, let alone think......even a simple question either results in the wrong answer or the brain in total shut down.....we just end up shaking our heads and laughing at each other.......never mind, nothing a good sleep won't cure.

MM,s knee is playing up again today, just as we thought everything was settling down nicely.  It's been the cause of most of his problems so far and it doesn't seem to want to play ball.  All we can do is strap it up and give it some TLC when he's stopped running, i.e. hot and cold treatment and a massage with pain killing cream.  Spirit wise, he's having a tough day; this morning was fine, but the pain gets to him  after a while and Matt doesn't like running slow. All we can do is take one day at a time and overcome any challenge that is sent our way, whether injury or accommodation, just to plain old tiredness.

MY GOODNESS!!!!  What a dreary entry this is!!

I stopped in a bus stop a while ago in the middle of nowhere, there just happened to be one house there, after a while a man knocked on my window and offered a fiver for the run...now how cool is that!  He'd come out of his house and said, 'you never know when you are going to need those services, please take this for the pot'......and duly placed it in our collection box.  He used to play ruby apparently and also has a dodgy knee himself so he knows how MM is feeling, does a lot of walking too and is planning to walk across the Sahara........wow..

The weather is a bit 'on and off' today, first rain, then sun, and a bit of wind to top it off...no, it's not the beans MM had for breakfast yesterday! So, have been doing a lot of short hops today, leapfrogging MM so he can change his clothes or get some more water, or check his ankles and feet and have some cream rubbed in.  So, sitting here in a lay-by waiting for him to jog round the corner again.  Sometimes he doesn't stop, just runs on, so I drive on a few miles and wait for him again.....and so the day goes on until the 30 miles are up.  Today we haven't got to make camp as we are staying in a hotel in Lockerbie.  That will be good for MM as he can have a proper bath and rest.

That's about it for now...I should be able to get some pictures on tonight with any luck, so pop back and check.  Thanks to all who have donated so far, please keep it coming.

...MM just dropped by and I asked him what he wanted to say to all you bloggers.......he says " It F*****ng hurts!"....end of quotes, then he was gone again........

Signing off at 14:50...and hoping it doesn't rain any more...

MM's country residence

Camp at Aviemore...ground like concrete!

Hi Jan, thanks for dropping in.....

I'll catch the bugger if it kills me!!  ?ang on Matty, wait for me!!!!!!

MM in the wilds of the Scottish moors....run Matty Run!

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Ahh...nice...............

soggy camp :-(

MM's Lucky Mascot....she has a kilt! och....

you pronounce it as you will, Matt and I have our own way of saying it, you'll have to ask when we get back!

Come back Matty!  I promise I'll put my thumbs away!!

a little goldfinch having his lunch

And, finally, from the man himself...the wildman of Borneo.......

Hello everyone its me taking a break from putting one foot in front of another for a sec. Well nearly done two weeks running and nearly got through one country and nearly halfway through!! All good news but its horrible, running everyday for about 10hours as injuries are slowing me down....but hey ho was never going to be easy so its head down and keep plodding on and turning those miles over......don't think I will every run again! Long way to go so support is a must....it seems like a life time....highs and lows everyday but all for a good cause so watch this space to see if I can do it xxx

JB here again,  bye for now as we are knackered and need to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppppppppppzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz