May 18th
2025
Round Britain By Bike 2025
Sponsored bike ride for the Rare Dementia Support Centre
Currently 7% of people aged over 60 are likely to develop some form of dementia –
approximately 940,000 people in the UK today …. it’s a problem.
As I am living with Young Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, I thought ‘can I do something to help?’
Cycling 4,200 miles to raise funds for the Rare Dementia Support Centre gives me an incentive; each day there will be a purpose: focused on what I can do, not on what I can’t.”
Bernard Bunting
I am a 67-year-old husband, father, former soldier and founder of a family business, and I live with Young Onset Alzheimer’s Disease – diagnosed in 2022.
On 18 May 2025, I will embark on 4,200-mile bike ride round the coast of Britain in aid of The National Brain Appeal, a charity to support the world’s first Rare Dementia Support Centre which will open in early 2026 in Woburn Square, London. My goal is to raise £1 million – in the form of 100,000 single donations of £10 from each of my individual sponsors – to raise the funds to support the running costs of the Rare Dementia Support Centre, including staffing, developing services and funding activities offered there.
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I leave from Putney Bridge, London on May 18th 2025.
All expenses are paid for myself, with overnight stays pre arranged along the way through B&B’s, friends and contacts that are on route.
You can donate through my Just Giving page here
I will follow roads close to the coast of England, Wales and Scotland, over a distance of 4,257 miles, climbing hills with a combined total elevation of 57,000 meters – that’s about the same as climbing Everest, from sea level, 8 times in the course of the journey.
I am raising money for the world’s first Rare Dementia Support Centre being created by the National Centre for Neurology in Queen Square, London WC1.
With the solid training everyday riding on average 150 Km per day my perparation is strong. With the weather being on my side, the ride should take a total of 49 days.
my route
Starting from Putney Bridge May 18th 2025
Please check the website and my Instagram feed. I hope to maintain a daily blog … all subject to finding accommodation and food resupply (cyclists eat a lot!) – in a timely manner each day.
For visitors familiar with Strava please follow me on Strava.
from the blog
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Three Dales: Bransdale, Farndale, Rosedale …. in spring – yellow from oilseed rape, daffodils, gorse, dandelions chime well with the yellow jersey.
Out west for an anti clockwise loop of the Dales passing thru Grassington and Ripon.
