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For those of you that know me, you will know that from time to time I take on some rediculous challenge. It is a choice. A choice that many do not understand, but it is a choice none-the-less.

For the last little while, -a couple of years maybe, possibly longer- my mother has been caring for my father who suffers with dementia. As challenges go, it does not get much tougher and it is not a choice.

My mother is not alone. There are many, many more people like her, caring for their loved ones. Giving up is an impossibly difficult option. Asking for help for some is just as difficult. There is help out there thank fully, though it is rationed and subsequently not easy to access.

My father now has a hospital bed and carers 5 nights a week. My mother now gets to rest and have some respite, but it's no bike ride.

I hope to use her example to drive me on. Check out the Transcontinental Race website. www.transcontinentalrace.com I have to cover 2200 miles across Europe, over the Alps and the peeks of Montenegro to Istanbul. When I want to quit, I shall think of her. When I want to rest, I shall think of my Dad. If I can do 180 miles a day for 12 days I hope to have helped to raise awareness of Dementia and people who care for people suffering with dementia.

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Thank  you.

John

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