In September, Vicky, Molly and I will be tackling the Tough Mudder, South London course. 8-10miles of mud, gruelling obstacles and hopefully, a lot of fun, if a little pain along the way! 

As we’re taking on a big challenge we’ve each decided to fundraise for a charity close to our hearts. Vicky and I have chosen Alzheimer’s Research UK as this disease and dementia is currently affecting our family.

My Grandpa was diagnosed with vascular dementia several years ago however, in the last 12 months things have started changing more rapidly. He’s still my Grandpa and I adore him to pieces, but right in front of my eyes I can see we’re losing pieces of him. 

It’s not just affecting him either. It’s affecting my Grandma, my Mum, my Aunt, the entire family. It’s scary to see my Grandpa changing and deteriorating so quickly. We’ve always been so close. I always used to ask him if we could “go the pigs way home?” after we’d stayed with them. Even though this route was not direct and seemed to add 10/15mins and would get us virtually nowhere, as I’ve recently discovered, we’d go every time! Now whenever we go in to see him and my Grandma or go to leave, he’ll ask “you going pigs way?” and I can’t help but smile and remember, but it also makes me feel so sad as it’s another reminder of this horrible disease. 

Any donation you can make to help me and Vicky fundraise for this amazing charity, that helps to educate people and works to find a cure is so, so appreciated. 

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