https://www.memorywalk.org.uk/find-a-walk/oxford/
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This year I want to do the Memory Walk to raise money and awareness for dementia and the Alzheimer's society, in memory of my Auntie Pat, and of course Sir Terry Pratchett. I thought it would be fun to dress up as witches and wizards for this, and if anyone wants to join me, the more the merrierrierier (As Nanny Ogg might say!)
Below I leave a quote from Sir Terry Pratchett, who had a form of Alzheimer's known as posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), or what he called, the "embuggerance" -
"What is needed is will and determination. The first step is to talk openly about dementia because it’s a fact, well enshrined in folklore, that if we are to kill the demon, then first we have to say its name. Once we have recognised the demon, without secrecy or shame, we can find its weaknesses. Regrettably, one of the best swords for killing demons like this is made of gold – lots and lots of gold. These days we call it funding.
I believe the D-day battle on Alzheimer’s will be engaged shortly and a lot of things I’ve heard from experts strengthen that belief. It is a physical disease, not a mystic curse; therefore it will fall to a physical cure. There’s time to kill the demon before it grows."
