My West Highland Way: Day 2 Drymen to Rowardenen. 14 miles. And two blisters.

We started off about 9.30 -here's a picture of me outside with my slightly colourful rucksack cover .

it rained....but typical in Scotland, you get four seasons in one day. It was rainy one minute and sunny the next. Hot then cold. But....would Scotland be such a lovely country if the weather wasnt like that.

Eventually I just gave up on the waterproofs and just walked....mum says this is her favourite picture of me....it wasn't a grimace, honestly...

We stopped at Balmaha, a nice place that mum would like for its boats and craft shops..:-)

Today was a long day. It was the hardest day for me. I was soooo tired. My feet nipped a bit ( well a lot) We did more miles on other days but for some reason this was the most difficult.

But you know, just as I got really tired, I got a text from mum saying that one of her cousins had just dropped in a cheque for the sponsorship and really cheered me up. He hardly knows me really and I was really chuffed. His dad - my granny's brother, died of pancreatic cancer too, just over a year ago. That got me thinking about all the people who have sponsored me. My aunts and uncles have been fab ( but then they always are!!) . My dads work colleagues have been really generous and they don't even know me.

My English teacher sponsored me - then suggested I do a journal (harrrrumph! I thought at the time, but it's been good I have to admit, for lots of reasons. :-) It's been fun too, collecting sponsorship. I cooked for all my 'old' :-) nursery teachers. They said instead of them going out for a meal , they'd rather I got the money towards my walk. They also said the meal was nicer than a restaurant....I think they meant it! I made sure haggis was in there. Gotta keep to the scottish theme. I haven't seen any haggis running about the hills come to think of it. :-)

Also my 'old' headteacher, and a teacher who helped me amd came to my house when I really struggled at school sponsored me too. I don't think they know how much they helped, when I thought I was rubbish at stuff, to give me the confidence to do things. Like a 96 mile walk for instance !!!

There have been other friends too, and thankyou again. But one sponsor deserves a mention. My little brother. Well he's saved up all his christmas money for spending at the Gadget Show ( he's in Birmingham at it right now ) He LOOOOVES gadgets. He is SOOOOO like my dad. He told me tonight on the phone that he wants to give me ten pounds out of his spending money. He can be annoying, but he's cool, really. AND he enter a junior journalist competition and did an article on me doing this walk. He hates writing, so that's amazing. And brilliant really , cos he could've written about something totally different....like Star Wars, Top Gear, Doctor Who....to name but a few.