So here we go again!

Another Great North Run but there's a difference. It's my last.

A combination of injury (dodgy knee), doctor's advice (dodgy knee) and wife's advice (what on earth are you doing running 13 miles at your age) persuaded me to quit.

So this is your last chance to sponsor a madman as he runs slowly round the North East.

The Stroke Association will benefit from money raised. I have chosen it in memory of my grandmother Ethel Cordner and father-in-law Derryck Kidd who were both taken from us by strokes.

Give what you can. All donations gratefuly received.

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