Hello from the Berkeley Arms pub, just south of a place with a ridiculous name.- White Ladies Aston (apparently it's something to do with nuns..). The people here have been kind enough to give us a free lunch and a welome break from walking for an hour or two.

We're now just a few days away from the point in which we make the right turn and head for Cornwall. First of all we're headed to Cirencester and should be there in a couple of days where we're meeting up with my old (and brilliant) geography teacher.

It's getting cold in the mornings now with frosts becoming annoyingly common. This means a) that it's even more difficult to leave a warm sleeping bag and actually start walking, and b) that the tent is completely soaked every morning with the frost and dew. Still, it could be worse, we could be back in Fort William... so we mustn't complain too much.

One final note; we're up to 85% of our target of £5000! Keep them donations coming! :)

Thanks, and we'll update soon,

James