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Many thanks for taking the
time to visit my website. My plan is to continue to raise
a huge amount of money primarily for the Alzheimer Research
Trust, and provide some much-needed equipment for a small
local group that has been of great help to me over the past
couple of years. We had a FABULOUS day, a sensational team
effort and I am so proud of the Crew and how they helped me
achieve a dream . . . . . . we rowed a distance of 20 miles
upstream and 7 locks, with barely a blister and no crabs.
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The impressive Team photograph!
- Back row: Peregrine (Perry) Moncrieffe, Andrew Gordon, Jonathan
Seddon-Brown (Chef d’Equipe), Rory Mann, Michael Baines, my
nephew Fergus Graham, Jonathan Baines, myself and my wife
Vicki Graham, my son Magnus Graham, Alex Angus, Robert Marsden,
Hugh Matheson, Christopher Blount, Front row: Tony Pooley,
Roz Graham (Doctor), Christopher Daws, Martin Fitzgerald (Cox),
Hugh Sturgis, my brother Colin Graham (Piper), my nephew Calum
Graham (Photographer). They were/are all stars! We were also
helped by many others along the way . . . . . . so please
browse this site for more pics and details of who, what, where
and when.
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In 2007 I was diagnosed with
early onset Alzheimer's, since when I have been doing my best
to keep it at bay by taking as much exercise as possible.
I bike 5 miles every day to get the newspaper, play tennis
once a week, walk the dogs for an hour every day and am still
putting in a few thousand metres on my rowing machine - just
to keep my oar in..! Not to mention the Wednesday walks around
Wiltshire with the Forget-me-not Group of fellow sufferers
in Swindon.
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A new report commissioned by
the Alzheimer's Research Trust reveals that over 820,000 people
in the U.K. have dementia, costing the economy £23 billion
a year, while research into the cause of Dementia is appallingly
under-funded compared with other illnesses. Thankfully there
is quite a lot more awareness of this at the moment, which
is why I want to take this opportunity to raise as much money
as possible.
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It would be wonderful if my Forget-me-not Row could really
raise some serious money and also the awareness of many more
people to this horrible, debilitating illness. Thank you for
reading this. Thanks from us both.
Jamie & Vicki Graham, Home Idover Farm, Dauntsey, Chippenham,
SN15 4JJ
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