Simon's 1,718km in 17/18

Dear reader, If a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, it ends too with a final step. Poor Dad's very close now to his final steps.

It's 21st September, which means World Alzheimer's Day, so it seems the perfect time to (try to at least) restart (again) my blog, and to some extent my running/walking as I'm starting to notice that my daily averages are slipping around or below 3k, much lower than the needed 5k Fortunately I finally have a donation page sorted, so can start to promote the cause both in terms of the charity itself and our challenge: https://fundraise.charitycheckout.co.uk/price-bailey/cf/The-1718km-Challenge Charity Checkout are an alternative to justgiving with more competitive fees, so more funds get to the charity itself.  Hopefully can continue to raise awareness and raise funds through this channel. As for me and my family, dad's journey continues but unfortunately he has continued to regress.  He has been in a hospital now since May, with the majority of the time in a community and more recently in a higher needs ward. Sure, he has days of lucidity and during visits i