People have come here for all kind of reasons, one young guy from Bolton told me he hadn't been a particularly good Muslim in the past, his mum and dad had been trying to get him to go on Hajj "to sort him out a bit" but he had resisted until now. He was shopping with his new wife one day, trying to decide where to go on holiday...they decided on Mecca for "a holiday and a bit of focus"! He said he was surprised at how overwhelmed he had been with the experience so far and said it was sure it was changing his life.

The camp at Mina looks spectacular; row upon row of identical tents, each fitted with air conditioning and housing about 20 pilgrims. It takes about 3 and a half hours to walk from one side of the camp to the other -in the sun, it's exhausting stuff. Tomorrow is considered the most important day, but it's a tough one....the blisters are already wreaking havoc