I’m Guy Deacon, a retired British Army Colonel on a mission to raise awareness about the realities of living with Parkinson’s disease both in the UK and Africa. I have already driven over five thousand miles from England to Sierra Leone crossing the snowy passes of the Atlas Mountains, the deserts of the Western Sahara and the sahel of Senegal to demonstrate that having Parkinson’s disease need not dominate my life. The challenge was significantly greater than I had foreseen but nothing compared to what is to come.

What do you ponder about which may just be the inspiration needed? No matter how quirky, off the radar or even boring and obvious it may seem to you, please send us a couple of paragraphs to let us know. We’ll collate the list, see if there are common threads and make sure that researchers and funders around the world get a copy.

Who knows where your simple ponderings may lead?