Day 5 - head back in the ice

Another late start after discussions about my fingers but after a number of chats with some very trusted agents and a massive reality check - we crashed camp and started skiing.

The high winds of the morning all but disappeared as we skied in cold conditions. The ice still isn't sliding and we have a lot of ground to make up - but we have time and the experience to know when it's time to just start pushing the hours and the miles! And there are a lot of miles in both of our legs!

The mornings are the worst getting out of warm bags into a cold tent and neither of us are spring chickens. This afternoon saw Kev manipulating my back so I could ski - may be there is a programme in it 'Physio on Ice'.

So to those of you we spoke to today, thank-you. Hard words but honest and we both know how lucky we are to be here!

Finally Gavin, I have managed no filming at all - think that I may get some done in the next few days but up to now this has been like a command appointment on steroids without a master events list or a debrief in a nice environment!