07/09/2025
I am swimming ten miles, over the course of only 30 days. Whelp!
This is absolutely going to be the biggest physical challenge of my life (apart from maybe growing a child).
Luckily, I love swimming. Over the summer months I have got back into swimming regularly, going to ,
, and my favourite place in the world: the south coast sea! Not only has my fitness and stamina got better, but outdoor swimming has soothed my soul as well as my body.
I wanted a way to motivate myself to keep up the swimming once autumn hits, and so I'm making a splash and taking on research.
Many of us were moved by Sir Terry Pratchett's documentaries and talks that helped to raise awareness of his condition before he died from Alzheimer's himself in 2005.
But as well as raising awareness, it is important that we keep researching possible cures. I remember listening to British neuroscientist Professor Tim Bliss talking about his work in 2006. Tim said, on Radio 4, something along the lines of "we know probably about 1% of all that there is to know about the human brain"... and this was coming from the man who had just won The Brain Prize!
Around a million people are currently living with dementia across the UK. Until the day we find a cure, Alzheimer's Society is here for everyone affected. Wherever they are, whatever they're going through.
Your donations will keep me going and hold me accountable, so please help me put the miles in!
