MOST OF MY PALS KNOW MY AULD MAN HAS BEEN TO HELL AND BACK THESE LAST FEW YEARS, A DIAGNOSIS OF EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER'S AT 61 FOLLOWED BY A SEVERE BOUT OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS 2 YEARS AFTER FROM WHICH ITS ONLY BY A MIRACLE HE SURVIVED.

  WATCHING HIM FIGHT TO SURVIVE THEN HIS LONG BATTLE TO LEARN HOW TO SIMPLY WALK AND TALK AGAIN HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER OF A JOURNY  BUT ONE WHICH HAS MADE ME IMMENSELY PROUD OF HIS SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION.

  ALTHOUGH THE COMBINATION OF BOTH THESE HORRIBLE ILLNESSES HAS LEFT HIM BADLY MENTALLY AND VERBALLY IMPAIRED, HES STILL SMILING AND CRACKING THE ONE LINERS.

AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO HIS ONGOING BATTLE SOME GOOD FRIENDS AND I ARE ATTEMPTING TO CONQUER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS OF SCOTLAND, ENGLAN AND WALES IN 24 HOURS TO HONOUR HIM AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR A GREAT CHARITY THAT DOES SO MUCH TO HELP THE MANY THOUSANDS IN SCOTLAND WHO LIKE MY DAD SUFFER FROM THIS CRUEL AND HORRIBLE DISEASE.

ALOT OF BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS WILL BE SHED TRAINING TO REACH THE FITNESS LEVELS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE OUR GOAL OF CONQUERING THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF BRITAIN IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS SO IF YOU HAVE MADE IT TO THIS PAGE THE TEAM AND I  THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND DONATION.