Motorbike enthusiast Mike Wells, who has been living with Parkinson’s for many years and who during lockdown began Painting for Parkinson’s at his home in Tarrant Rushton, has raised a total of £2,080 for the charity which supports those with the condition.
So far he has done nearly 100 commissions for friends and supporters of their pets, children, and occasional motorbikes!
On Wednesday evenings he and his friends meet up at the True Lovers Knot in Tarrant Keyneston, where licensee Barry Norris has also been fundraising for the charity with a giant bottle on the bar, and last year collected £560.66 from customers’ donations.
At a presentation in the pub on February 1, another £1,828.95 from the sale of items on the stand of the Norton Owners’ Club, of which Mike is also a member, and the proceeds of the club Christmas raffle, was added, together with £393 donated from the profits of the VDub at the pub in Wimborne last summer by his neighbour John Short.
A cheque for the full total of £4,839.69 was presented to Bob Oliver, vice-chairman of the Poole and District branch of Parkinson’s UK.

by Nicci Brown