A fundraiser from Gwynedd has completed a month-long challenge to fundraise for a cause close to her heart.
Janet Knight, 71, from Llanfair near Harlech, took on a task proposed by Alzheimer's Research UK to walk a mile every day for a month.
Ms Knight, whose parents both suffered from Alzheimer's, easily fulfilled the task, walking more than triple the distance.
Tracking software on her mobile phone showed she covered more than 100 miles in total.
Ms Knight, a former accounts clerk, said: "My mum, Pamela, and (husband) Richard's Mum and Dad and my brother-in-law’s dad all passed away with Alzheimer's.
"It's a terrible disease so I had quite a good thinking time on the walks when I was on my own in the rain."
The challenge was particularly personal for Ms Knight, whose father, Donald Estcourt, passed away from Alzheimer's in October 2023.
Mr Estcourt had been a resident at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd, a care home on the fringe of Caernarfon specialising in dementia care.
Ms Knight said: "My dad spent four happy years at Bryn Seiont Newydd.
"He loved the activities they did and especially the sing-alongs in his lounge and in the music room and he had the very best of care."
Donald passed away last October (Image: Supplied)
In memory of her father, Ms Knight donated a bench to the care home, which now resides in an inner courtyard complete with a plaque commemorating her father.
Pendine Park’s musician in residence, Nia Davies Williams, said: "Janet's father, Donald Estcourt, enjoyed singing with us at Bryn Seiont Newydd and was one of our lovely and characterful residents, whom we miss."
Ms Davies Williams voiced support for Ms Knight's fundraising, saying: "We are also very grateful to Janet and her family for donating a bench where residents can sit and enjoy a moment or two of reflexion on their own or with friends and family."
Alongside raising £252, over double her target, for Alzheimer's Research UK, Ms Knight also sought to increase awareness around the condition.
She said: "I wanted to raise awareness and help people understand that help and support is available to help those living with it and, just as importantly, those who live with them and care for them."
In 2021, Ms Knight lost her mother to Alzheimer's.
During the pandemic carers couldn't make regular visits to her mum.
Ms Knight said: "I was on my own.
"The District Nurse visited and the help I got from the Alzheimer's Society was amazing.
"They were so helpful.
"They would call regularly and see how I was doing and if they could do anything for me.
"I wouldn't have been able to cope without their help."
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