Like many others we find it hard to take care of our loved ones when they get older, and caring for someone with alzheimer's can be particularly challenging.

It is for this reason that I will be walking the West Highland Way on the 1st of September in support of VOCAL - Voice of Carers Across Lothian. This charity has helped me and my mam a lot by providing us with really useful information to help with organising care in readiness for the future and also helping to facilitate a short break, which we hope will let my mam remember all her happy moments from her younger years in where she grew up in Beauly.

The West Highland Way is one of the toughest walks in Scotland with harsh terrain, rapidly changing weather and a total distance of 96 miles. The route leaves from Milngavie (North of Glasgow) to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands.

Any support you can offer in fundraising for this wonderful charity would be much appreciated.