Two days to go before 4 Inns - help! Loads of emails going between me, Catherine and Alex about how much kit we have to carry, where we need to get to friday night (bit of a logistical nightmare!), what food to take, what to wear (well we are girls!) and most importantly how much wine to buy to get down our necks after we finish - cos we are going to finish!!!

People are confusing me though - one friend emails me warning of loads of tussocks - help - and then I ask boyfriend mark who's done it 10 times before about the tussocks and he says there is none - are they all on different routes??? So I get my nicely prepared bits of maps out and ask Mark to check my route and see if it is where he would go. He cuts corners off and runs over rough ground like it isn't there, I love paths!!! Most of the route I have chosen seems to follow his route apart from one bit he corrected me on - thanx Mark! So we will now have to see if the path is there on Bleaklow or the tussocks are there on Bleaklow. Hope there is a nice path! Mark also told me about "Gruffs" (not sure if that is the correct spelling!) but I'd never heard of them before so asked for an explanation and find out they are drainage channels, I'm learning a whole new language let alone how to run, oh I miss my bike!!! Well if we find this "gruff" on Bleaklow apparently it is good running cos the ditch has worn down through tussocks, peat bog and all that horrible stuff to run in to a nice layer of bed stones to make our life easier - yeah right - I'll let you know if we actually find the "gruff" - I do like that word though!

Well fingers crossed we get through this and in a good time - we are trying to do it all in daylight (13 hours) - ummm!!