Liverpool

its Friday night and we've made it to Liverpool to stay with some old friends. Another 100 miles today but we've come off the guide book route a biut as we kept getting lost and sticking more to B roads rather than lanes.

Its been great so far - Kevin (at 58!) is doing brilliantly and we are getting in the 100 miles a day we need to do to finish by next thursday.

The weather has been excellent, the b&b's great and the views good (when you can see over the hedgerows).

thanks for all the texts of support - its good to get them.

observations so far...

cafes in london are for young people - outside london they are for old people.

People in shops want to chat. so you can't buy anything without it taking half an hour.

hills are alot lot harder when you when you have a bag on your back

All B&b's serve tomatos but not baked beans for breakie

anyway - about 430 miles done, about 2,400 calories a day burnt, averaging about 15mph (including slowing down to look at maps all the time), averaging heart rate about 91 and feeling good - apart from bum pain.

cheers