day 2

today was long and very hard. after my last post which i might of sent
twice. i had another 7 miles to walk and basically it was too much. i
have never felt so bad walking, in agony with my feet.

i got talking to a couple from stockton for a few miles, that helped
and took my mind off how i was feeling. they stopped and i carried on
for a bit, from this point on it got harder and harder. the last 3
miles took me ages and i just wanted out of here and to go home. i
eventually got to inversnaid and had decided i was gonna get a room in
the hotel and go home tomorrow if i could.

i got a pint and asked the girl about a room but she said they were
fully booked. i really didn't want to spend the night in the tent as
it had been raining for 2 hours and i wanted to properly attend to my
feet.

i ordered some food and asked again if they had any room at all, i
didn't care if i had to pay more. she went off and came back and told
me to go to the reception. she said what room did i want i said a
single but didn't really care.

i ended up with a single room with a shower, a bath would of been nice
as i had trouble even standing in the shower. the room only cost me
£25. i would of easily paid £150 if i had too.

as i just wrote by now i was having problems just standing. i forced
myself to stand there in the shower, where i noticed i have a lump on
my hip, at the top of the pelvis where you can normally see the bone.
What's normally a little bump is about twice its usual size.

i really wanted to give up when i got here and still may have too, if
i feel anywhere near like i do now there is no way i could carry on
all the way to the end. the problem i have is i have to walk to
crianlarich to get a train or bus. which is where i was going to
tomorrow night anyway, a youth hostel awaits me.

tomorrow is shorter than the last 2 days, thank god at 13 miles. today
must of been about 18. there is 1 other place i could probably get a
bus from and that's invernan. but It's not an official stop and you
have to flag a citylink bus down which would get me to glasgow.

i'm really not sure what to do. i felt so bad today though that i
wanted to cry but what's the point in that it wasn't going to help.
this is supposed to be a holiday and i'm supposed to be enjoying it
but due to the feet it's turning into a nightmare.

i am going to get some sleep and lie in and will see how my feet shape
up tomorrow i have a 13 mile walk one way or another. It's the half
way point as well at crianlarich!