The Day before the Marathon

Okay, so this is the day before the marathon.

Just got things sorted and ready really. We collected Zoe, then took Bess to Victoria and Danny's because they were looking after her for the weekend, and then we went to Bicester Garden Centre because it was Ralph's fourth birthday. That was nice, we stayed there for 30 or 40 minutes whilst they all played in the kids play area and we had a coffee etc and everybody wished us luck and then we left that and got on the road. I drove whilst Tash and Zoe chatted and ate and quite quickly we got to Knutsford, although we did have to pass Lewis's house in Holmes Chapel because of delays on the motorway, but that's exactly what happens with him is their town is used as a quick route through, but we parked up and funnily enough where we were going to park, there was a circus or... a fair setting up and I just didn't feel comfortable with everything in the van, with the gypsies around, completely irrational, but I moved it and we then met everybody at Piccolino Italian restaurant and made a bit of a fuss for Natasha's birthday, dragging this out again. But it was nice, so there was me, Natasha, Zoe, Miles and Charlotte, Lewis and Emily and Jack and Jodie and obviously everybody had pasta. 

Lewis had a beer and then non-runners had beers had alcohol. Fair play to them, but yeah, the rest of us were quite disciplined. After the meal, we all made our way back to Lewis's house and had a coffee and those that haven't been there had a tour of the house It was just nice, nice and relaxed and then after about an hour or so we made our way back on the road again just to the north of Manchester and we were actually in a Travel Lodge on the M62

At first glance you thought oh shit. What have we done? but actually once we were in the room, it was very quiet We had a room with Zoe and it was fine. We got sorted and Charlotte and Miles had a friend in the Travel Lodge on the eastbound side on the other side of the M62 and we met them in the local pub for a drink, which none of us had any alcohol again but that was nice and then that was it, more pasta.

We're all quite tired really, so it's bed at 10.00pm - excited and nervous about tomorrow 

God knows how that's gonna go