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If you can watch the attached video then you won't need this explanation but you may want to know why I am doing this very short run/walk!  As a proud grandma it is easy to watch the progress of the precious children, new to your family.  However, our good fortune was accentuated in 2010 when we were living in Italy.  Three very close friends had grandchildren who were diagnosed with difficulties which would affect them for the rest of their lives.  There is nothing like other folks' problems to concentrate the mind and help one realize one's own good fortune.  

I decided this year would be a charity year for me and Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK would be my charity.  I am starting with the Adidas Women's Challenge run/walk on September 11th.  Throughout the year I shall be organizing other events which will not be sponsored but where I hope to raise money through lots of fun!  This is the only time I shall ask for money while offering nothing in return except a smile perhaps at the thought of me traipsing round a running circuit trying to keep up.

Research into Rett Syndrome is already making a difference in the laboratory.  It would be marvellous if we could be part of the wonders of science that might one day find a reversal for this syndrome.     

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