June 19, 2013 (Scotsman.com) - After months of rehabilitation Ellen learned to speak and walk again and ran in a marathon relay in aid of the brain injury charity that helped her. The weather had been kind, the roads were surprisingly good and the cycle from home in Edinburgh out to North Berwick was exhilarating.

Ellen Verth and her partner Brian Bould were on the final stretch, carefully rolling down a hill leading into the seaside town, him in front, her just behind. It was, remembers Brian, an ordinary Sunday in September. (continue reading ...)