A Tayside police officer set out on a 1,000-mile cycle trek to raise money for the riding school that helped his daughter’s recovery from a crippling illness.
Brooke Ramsay from Carnoustie developed a form of cerebral palsy after being born three months premature in 2004.
Her parents spearheaded the Brooke’s Dream campaign that raised £60,000 towards life-changing selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery in 2012.
She had plates removed from her legs in March, and Laura and Stewart believe her continuing physical therapy has come on greatly, partly due to frequent riding lessons at the Brae Riding for the Disabled centre in Dundee.
“After Brooke’s Dream, I started volunteering at the Brae just to help them out after the work they did and continue to do for Brooke,” Stewart, 41, said.
“I very quickly realised the effort that goes into fundraising to keep the centre going each year, so I decided to do something for them.”
Stewart’s colleague Barrie Taylor, 39, cycled from Land’s End to John o’ Groats to raise funds for Brooke in 2012, and was asked to do the cycle again with workmate Mike Currie, 30.
The trio travelled to Land’s End on Tuesday to start the marathon cycle.
The men should finish on June 6, and several workmates will meet them on day eight for the Tyndrum to Fort William leg.
Stewart has set up a fundraising page at and raised £1,000 with a bag pack in Arbroath a few weeks ago, with lots of sponsors from businesses in Carnoustie.
See “lejogcharity2015” on Facebook or follow @LejogForBraeRDA on Twitter to keep up with their journey.