We are counting down the days and the miles to our finish point and although we are keen to hike as many miles as we can each day, we are limited a little more by the shortening daylight hours and various aches and pains. Our bodies seem to be telling us that it is time to finish.

The trail has been really quite good – rocky in parts but no prolonged steep sections and my ankle seems to be almost better but Rob has developed a muscular pain in his left thigh that really bothered him this afternoon. We are hoping that a night’s rest and ibuprofen tomorrow will allow him to keep up the pace.

We did 25.6 miles today.