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I’ve supported DoddieAid and regularly donated to the Foundation but felt there was something else I could do to help publicise and raise funds for research to find a cure for MND. Last year I started swimming again, after a 50 year break, in an attempt to help lower my cholesterol level and improve my overall fitness. This was the spark that resulted in tackling the DoddieAid Challenge. The idea of swimming the length of The River Tweed (156 km), in our local pool at Berwick would be a real test. It also seemed appropriate because Doddie was a ‘Borderer’, and the Tweed runs through the border country where he lived and played a lot of his rugby. Many of the rugby club grounds in the borders are within a Gavin Hastings drop kick of the River Tweed, especially Melrose RFC! To raise the bar a little higher, and capture the imagination of other people, I decided to swim the last 7,400 meters from the Border at West Ord to the estuary at Berwick Pier in August this year, when the water temperature is a little warmer than January! Hopefully this will encourage people and businesses to sponsor me or donate to the Foundation.

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