I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be.
I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be.

That's me at the back.
That's me at the back.

It's just glorious.
It's just glorious.

I get so annoyed with myself.
I get so annoyed with myself.

I'm having a bad morning this morning.
I'm having a bad morning this morning.

Oh gosh that was difficult.
Oh gosh that was difficult.

I'm Pete, I'm not elderly I'm 65 I have uh
I'm Pete, I'm not elderly I'm 65 I have uh

dementia, Alzheimer's disease to be precise
dementia, Alzheimer's disease to be precise

but I'm still pretty lucid and pretty coherent
but I'm still pretty lucid and pretty coherent

most of the time.
most of the time.

From the second of my diagnosis uh I've had support from Alzheimer's Society
From the second of my diagnosis uh I've had support from Alzheimer's Society

and so if we did have any questions
and so if we did have any questions

or any worries we could contact Dementia Connect and they would
or any worries we could contact Dementia Connect and they would

help us.
help us.

Just looking through some old photographs of me
Just looking through some old photographs of me

when I was in the Royal Air Force, joined in 1976.
when I was in the Royal Air Force, joined in 1976.

This is a little path between the back
This is a little path between the back

of the houses take me to the fields.
of the houses take me to the fields.

I suppose there could be a better place to be than out in the Northamptonshire
I suppose there could be a better place to be than out in the Northamptonshire

countryside at seven o'clock in the morning on a Sunday
countryside at seven o'clock in the morning on a Sunday

for my fitness walk but uh wow.
for my fitness walk but uh wow.

Because of my dementia I tend to keep
Because of my dementia I tend to keep

notes everywhere.
notes everywhere.

Trouble is, I can never remember where I put the darn note.
Trouble is, I can never remember where I put the darn note.

I woke up this morning couldn't my I couldn't speak very well
I woke up this morning couldn't my I couldn't speak very well

sometimes that happens uh and and that what makes it worse
sometimes that happens uh and and that what makes it worse

is knowing that it worries my wife so much
is knowing that it worries my wife so much

and and so I I try not
and and so I I try not

I try to keep quiet because I don't want to worry her but
I try to keep quiet because I don't want to worry her but

that that worries her too uh be behind the the stuttering
that that worries her too uh be behind the the stuttering

uh my mind is intact and I I know
uh my mind is intact and I I know

exactly what is happening to me and I am not able to do
exactly what is happening to me and I am not able to do

anything about it.
anything about it.

Remember remember I just can't remember there's something that's stuck in my
Remember remember I just can't remember there's something that's stuck in my

mind it's a name it's a face it's a time it's a place it's a
mind it's a name it's a face it's a time it's a place it's a

something i just cannot find.
something i just cannot find.

[Pete's mum]: Hello Pete
[Pete's mum]: Hello Pete

Hello mum I was just phoning to see if you were okay?
Hello mum I was just phoning to see if you were okay?

[Pete's mum] You keeping alright?
[Pete's mum] You keeping alright?

I'm not sleeping very well.
I'm not sleeping very well.

[Pete's mum] No
[Pete's mum] No

But I have very powerful dreams, I've looked and it's
But I have very powerful dreams, I've looked and it's

called lucid dreaming and I never used to get it but since uh
called lucid dreaming and I never used to get it but since uh

Alzheimer's has come on uh yeah I I do.
Alzheimer's has come on uh yeah I I do.

I think I'm appreciating the sheer beauty of everything that's around me a
I think I'm appreciating the sheer beauty of everything that's around me a

little bit more now that I'm not out in it so often.
little bit more now that I'm not out in it so often.

Gosh it's good to be alive.
Gosh it's good to be alive.