Bill earned many medals during his life for running in races of various lengths. He was most proud of the ones he gained for marathons, including two London ones. One of those medals was buried with him.

But there were many others; some at the beginning of his racing career were only for 5k or 10k lengths but as he became fitter and more experienced he ran longer ones, including many half marathons and culminating in full 26 mile marathons.

Despite his healthy lifestyle, dementia caught up with him and although he gave it everything he could to beat it, it won.

Read about his life in A Last Journey. It’s available from Lumphanan Press or from Amazon but without all the amazing photos!