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You know me, a challenge set is just too much to resist! I came across this and thought ... Can this be done; Can I do it?  So, here I am giving it a go, together with a group of other likeminded friends.  A 106 km (66 mile) walk around the whole of the Island which means around 10hrs each day, for two days;  wow!  Must remember to keep the sea on my left!

To help me achieve what I think is going to be a major feat (excuse the pun) I want to raise some funds for a local charity.

4 years ago Dementia affected our family!  Mum-in-law started to have accidents and began forgetting how to do things.  It was all very distressing, and not just for her, forgetting how to do some of the simplest of things;  Quite scary.  It was only then that we realised how little knowledge there is out there.  

The East Kent Hospital Charity Dementia Appeal is hoping to raise £500,000 to allow the 5 hospitals in the Trust to fund multiple projects to help support patients with Dementia.  They aim to ensure that a patient's condition doesn't decline whilst being in the hospital in unfamiliar surroundings, as was the case with Lily.  

The Appeal will help them to fund special Dementia cafe's to give information to patients, their families and carers, to set up therapeutic interactive sessions and also to change the existing environment to make it more comfortable and relaxing.

I hope you'll help me to raise these much needed funds whilst I aim to walk all the way around the Isle of Wight.  Just think of my poor feet!

Thank you.

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