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June 2017
Luke’s 300 miles for Alzheimer’s Society Luke Norbury, Director of Home Instead Senior Care York & Ryedale, last month completed a bike ride from London to Paris with the final leg of his ride on Saturday 13th May. It was a 300 mile ride, after 95 miles from London to Dover on Day 1, Luke developed tendonitis in his knee so the remaining 3 days were painful! For some reason, he thought northern France was flat – he now knows it is not! Lots of people were kind enough to donate when Luke originally planned to do the ride last year, however, due to an injury, the ride had to be rescheduled. Luke was doing the ride to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society, a charity close to us at Home Instead Senior Care as we provide support for people who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia on a daily basis.
We would like to wish a massive congratulations to our scheduler Charlene and her husband Marc who last month had their wedding day. It looked like a wonderful day and evening, and the rain even managed to hold off for the majority of it as well!
It was Luke’s father-in-law John Roche who originally inspired him to do the ride. He has vascular dementia and although he has coped well, it’s not the way any of us would choose to live out our later lives. It would be fantastic if you could help make Luke feel that the dodgy knee, and the incredibly sore backside he acquired over the 300 miles from London to Paris, has helped contribute to the work that the Alzheimer’s Society is doing to find a cure and to find ways to improve the lives of people who are already living with some form of dementia. If you would like to donate, please visit Luke’s Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Luke-Norbury2 Luke funded the cost of the ride so every penny you donate goes straight to the charity. Any support would be greatly appreciated.
Antiques Roadshow comes to York The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow will be coming to Castle Howard on 13th July 2017 to record an episode as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. If you’d like to be involved in guessing the value of the antiques before the experts then go to www.bbc.co.uk to find out more or have a look at Castle Howard’s website at www.castlehoward.co.uk for details.