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<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"> Just a huge thanks to everyone who kindly donated, i completed in 4;45 despite a heavy head cold and warm weather. the support in the crowds certainly pull you through it </div> Alzheimer's Society works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. I would be grateful for any donation no matter how small in suppporting this cause <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'One day I`m happy, one day I`m sad, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Am I just going completely mad? <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">One day I am singing on the top of my voice, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The next just dithering over the simplest of choice, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">They say its depression, something called Manic, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Is it something to laugh at, or rush into Panic? <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">You`re so happy go lucky, my friends always say, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">They don’t see my crying, at the end of the day, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So if your best mate`s on a high every time, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Joking and laughing, giving off his best shine, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sometime`s remember, alls not what it seems, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Behind that great smile, could be broken dreams, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And when next day dawns, on your favourite lad, <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">He could be in pieces, and ever so sad' <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(By kind permission from Norms, more poems and information on his weblink:) <span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://dementiaawarealliance.wordpress.com/">http://dementiaawarealliance.wordpress.com/</a> Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. 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