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Alzheimer’s disease is an illness that robs people of their lives. Having seen my mother and now my father progress through the various phases of the disease I have seen first-hand what a terrible impact it has on both the sufferer, their family and carers. For the last 3 years I have also volunteered at a day centre which has a high number of dementia sufferers and I have learnt that Alzheimer’s is not just an old person’s disease; relatively young people get it too and it devastates the lives of those affected.  

Close to a million people are living with a form of dementia in the UK and many more are impacted by it! The sooner a treatment, or hopefully a cure, is found the better for us all.

So, this year my charity fundraising effort is to raise money for  Alzheimer’s Research UK. To do this I will be cycling from my father’s birthplace of Luffenham in Rutland to his home in East Sussex, via the coast of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, a distance of about 600km. My old friend Simon Lowe, who also lost his mother to Alzheimer’s disease, is cycling with me. To do this we are looking for a 5-6 day “reasonable”  weather window  and hoping to start on 15^th October. We would be very grateful if you would sponsor one or indeed both of us on this ride – consider it an insurance policy!

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