Experts in dementia

Over the last few weeks and months I have been left staggered by the so called experts, who know what causes dementia and Alzheimer's.

Last week I heard a very heated discussion among a coach party  about how aluminium causes Alzheimer's.
But does it.

If that's the cause, why is it that everyone who used aluminium pots and pans in the 1950 1960s,  did not go on to develop Alzheimer's.

I do feel that the media are feeding people's brains with this sort of unfounded rubbish, just to sell their papers etc.

I do think that it's time newspapers were stopped from writing lies about illnesses, because they are only making things worse for those living with the illness

Quite a few years ago I met someone who was to become an old friend.   He was also dignosed as having Lewy Body Dementia,  and we spent many hours discussing some of the media speculation.

Along with this we spent time discussing our jobs at the time, both  of which had involved working on live high voltage electrical distribution boards.

We both wondered if this had in some way caused our problems,   because there is so much unknown about the effects of working on live electricity, apart from electrocution, if you make the slightest mistake

In my office we also had a base station for two way radios, which other people carried around the college, and I used to get horrendous headaches at times.

This was put down to the radio frequency,  and the fact that the walls were lined with some think membrane.

So little is known about these two way radios etc, and it's like mobile phones.

I understood that the government hid a report on the dangers of using mobile phones when I was working,  and this in made much worse when you are on a busy street,  where there are lots of Chinese people etc.

You never see one of these people with a mobile phone stuck to their ears, it's always in front of them well away from their ears.

So do these people know more about the effects of mobile phones on our brains than we do, or are they more cautious than we are in this country.

However dementia has been around a lot longer than Aluminium pans or mobile phones, so I guess no one has the answers to these questions

Which ever way it goes, we are all going to die with something, so why don't the media leave us all alone, unless they have real medical evidence.

Week in Scotland

On Monday we travelled to Symington just outside Biggar on the Scottish Borders,  and stayed at the Tinto Hotel.

This was a coach trip from the North East and took in many interesting places.

The journey up was long and tiring as we travelled up via the West Coast, so we were all pleased to get settled into the hotel for the night

The next day we travelled to Rosslyn Chapel, which is a small but beautiful chapel with a lot of history and was founded in 1446 by Sir William Clair.

The chapel was never completed because Sir William died, but what was built, was really beautiful and ornate.

Photography is not allowed inside and to be honest I could understand why.

I don't in all honesty think anyone could photograph this lovely chapel and do it any justice.

This chapel was covered in stone carvings, and it was difficult to take them all in.
When we consider that these stone carvers could not read or write etc, it's hard to understand how they could work out and  plan all of this stunning work.

As someone who used to love wood carving as a hobby, I found this chapel to be stunning and beyond belief.
It used to take me a long time to draw and plan carvings, yet these people  created all if this stunning work without the education  etc, we have these days.

After a short talk about it's history, we were allowed to wander round to take in its history.

I confess that these days with chest problems,  I struggle when the air is dry and feels full of stone, so I went outside to look around.

The chapel was briefly mentioned in the book and film By Dan Brown in  "The Da Vinci Code", and this in turn made the chapel known to millions of people around the world.

After this we travelled to Edinburgh where my wife and I went to Hollyrood House or Palace as it's often known by.

This too was amazing to see, and we intend to go back when we have more time.

The following day we went for a drive around Loch  Lomond and the Trossachs taking in the stunning views.

I have always loved  this area and have spent many holidays here, as well as having our honeymoon around Stirling and Perth.

On our final day we travelled to Dumfries House, a very large stately home which was saved by The Prince of Wales and a group of trustees when the owner died, and it was going to be sold off.

This was a lovely house, and although we did not have a lot of time there, it was well worth a visit.

From here we travelled to Ayr for lunch and sightseeing before heading back to the hotel

After this we arrived back home again on Friday afternoon, feeling very tired.

We met quite a lot of interesting people in our coach party, and in some ways it was sad when it ended, but it was a taster for future visits.

Scotland is such a beautiful place, and I could happily stay there, because the scenery is so stunning, and always changing.