A very different view out of my window this morning:
And for that I am thankful - I've just checked the weather forecast and it suggests the possibility of rain again after lunch. Another cloud race may well be on!! But this will depend on my feet.
Although not too achy when I got up they are still sore. I'm all bandaged up and praying they don't cause too much trouble for this, my penultimate day of walking. Just today and tomorrow to go which feels a bit of a surreal sentence to write after all these days of walking.
As I've got closer to Rome there are definitely mixed emotions going on. Excitement to nearly be there, sadness it's nearly over and concern as to whether I can make it but I just happened to watch a news reel from yesterday's London marathon (the first time ever I don't think I've watched the start to try and spot the house I used to live in and my childhood church) and the interviewer was asking "What's one thing you've learnt about yourself today?" And one lady replied: "That I can do it, that if I dig deep I can do it."
Now if this lady can run a marathon, given that I stood beside and watched the London marathon for 25 years and said that one day I'd do it - but nope...that's never going to happen - I have already walked 229km / 142 miles I know I can do these last two days.
So this is what will carry me today - I can do it - if I dig deep, I can do it!!
