Having taken up cycling just over a year ago with a view to keeping fit and shedding a few excess pounds, it is now time to take on my first real sporting challenge. With my wife Jennifer and son Alistair, we are taking part in Ride The North, a 175 mile cycle from Castle Fraser to Forres, and then back again. Jennifer's mum Meg is suffering from Dementia, and we feel it only apt to raise funds for Race Against Dementia, a charity founded by Sir Jackie Stewart, to aid research into how to prevent and eventually cure this terrible illness. If you can find it in you to donate to this, we would all be extremely grateful.