After all this time, I really can't quite believe it.......the walk starts in only 4 days! We're off on Friday to Kirkby Stephen, staying one night in the Black Bull and then we're bussed to St. Bees early the next morning to begin the trek. A little nervous, but actually, very excited.

 






But first things first. Today is a very important day in the life of a beautiful little person. The little girl who has inspired the fundraising that this walk is all about.  It's Lucia Pollard's first birthday today! And the Kilby family had a very special treat last week, when Lucia came to stay for a couple of hours. And what a little star she was. Many happy returns Lucia and have a wonderful birthday. Lots of love to Fi and James and all the rest of the family too.



 

 

But, before Lucia hogs the limelight too much, what's been happening over the last month........the final weeks of training? Well, of course, it's been 'more of the same' with lots of miles clocked up around the familiar training routes. But that wasn't all. We also had a fabulous week with the 'Bournemouth Family' in beautiful North Cornwall. We stayed in the lovely little village of St. Mawgan about 7 or 8 miles east of Newquay. Home was two adjoining houses called Bro Tref, a couple of minutes walk down a steep hill (good training!) to the centre of the village and the local pub, village store, post office and excellent tea room. 

 

 
There is also a convent dating back to 1794, home to the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, an order that in 2001, replaced the previous Carmelite nuns, who had occupied the convent since the time of the French Revolution. A couple of miles stroll through some woods and fields is the beach of Mawgan Porth, where, at low tide, the walk to the sea is almost as far as the walk from St.Mawgan to the beach itself! But, what a place for an early morning constitutional!!





But St. Mawgan only scratched the surface of the stunning scenery we saw in this part of Cornwall. There was the rugged desolation of Land's End (spoilt by the rabid commercialism); a fabulous hike from Holywell beach, via Polly Joke beach to Crantock beach, then back through Cubert Common to Holywell; the majestic beauty of St. Michael's Mount and last, but certainly not least, the almost overwhelming splendour of a sunset at Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps, possibly one of the most impressive places on the whole of the Cornish coastline. If the scenery on the C2C is half as good as this, then we're gonna have a fantastic time!!