Thank you for for visiting – and I hope you'll donate. 

I'm raising money for Alzheimer's Research UK because I think we need to do a lot more to fight Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. It's marvellous that we're living so much longer but tragic that many of us will spend our last years confused and afraid. I've seen it up close and it's not how anyone should end their lives.

I'm not a natural runner, though I'm getting better, and I expect my first and probably only marathon to be a painful event. I'll be 54 when I run! The training won't be a barrel of laughs, either. Please support me – and this vital research.