It s very degrading and frustrating for him. Fortunately, John and I have our own language and we are on the same page.
“He has been a marathon runner all his life and started by running round the deck of his ship. He has run so many marathons, I’ve lost count.
Despite his struggles with speech, the grandfather-of-two still enjoys walking and reading the newspaper and was inspired by the efforts of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore to try and raise £1,000 by walking 1,000 miles.
War veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, after achieving his goal of walking 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden to raise money for the NHS. Picture: PA Wire/PA Images