Access
Shopping in a wheelchair is a challenge
If you find walking easy then I am going to issue a challenge, go shopping in a wheelchair. Before you leave don’t forget to tie your legs together. You must go out on your own and don’t forget a shopping list or shopping bag. You will need some cash, credit cards and your mobile phone. […]
Discounted theatre tickets for disabled people
Almost every British theatre offers discounted tickets for disabled people. Basically the carer gets in for free. I have seen excellent productions as well as extremely good actors via this scheme. This opportunity of discounted tickets for disabled people is available all over the UK. If you can show that you are disabled then your […]
Our 40th wedding anniversary
40 years and still happily married even though multiple sclerosis is the fly in the ointment. The Wife decided we would go away to celebrate the occasion. Somewhere relaxing, not too demanding but a bit of a blast. We decided on a week long holiday for our 40th wedding anniversary. She really wanted to go […]
Physically disabled in Athens a survival guide
I am on the Patient Advisory Board for the RADAR-CNS project. This is an exciting and ground-breaking project and rather than me explaining it, I suggest you go to their website which is HERE. This year their annual conference was in Athens and I was there for four days in mid May. If you are […]
Disabled man sees Iolanthe at the Coliseum
MrsB and I went up to London to see Iolanthe, a Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta performed by the English National Opera (ENO). It was a fantastic performance, bit frothy but we both enjoyed it. You’re probably thinking that we are rolling in money and with rather aristocratic tastes. Nothing could be further from the truth. […]
Berkhamsted station is step-free
At long last the lifts at Berkhamsted station are working. It is a step free station.. The lifts were opened to the public on Friday 13 March. It has been an awfully long wait. They started the building work in early 2014 and it was finished by January 2015. People had been seen going up and […]
Railway stations, access for disabled travellers
A friend alerted me to this article from the Independent. It describes how funding to improve access for disabled passengers at railway stations is being slashed. The United Kingdom considers itself to be a civilised country but so many train stations are not disabled friendly, they are inaccessible? I won’t paraphrase the article. Instead I […]
Another Rant, this time Arriva buses
On Tuesday 1st October I had to catch a bus from Aylesbury to Berkhamsted. Arriva buses operate this service, the 500 bus. As I was about to get on the 17.25 bus the driver said that he would not allow me on because there was no space for my mobility scooter. I was told to […]
MS Clinics, reducing missed appointments
South Devon Health Care tested a scheme at Newton Abbot Community Hospital for multiple sclerosis patients. Normally the patients would have to attend a clinic at Torbay hospital, approximately 10 miles away. The trial scheme to give people with MS access to services at Newton Abbot Community Hospital has resulted in fewer missed appointments. Specialist […]
Hemel Hempstead Water Gardens & Ashridge Estate
I am a part of a group of people with disabilities, this includes deafness, blindness and mobility issues. We make occasional trips to places of interest and assess them for accessibility. We visit locations in and around Hemel Hempstead. This time it was a visit to the Water Gardens at Hemel Hempstead and Ashridge Estate. […]
National Portrait Gallery
I visited the National Portrait Gallery in October because I had some unexpected free time. I went to the exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II photographs called ‘The Queen Art & Image’. Afterwards I took a wander round the gallery, when sated with pictures I visited the café and had a bite to eat. We are […]
Railway stations and access for the disabled
Not enough railway stations provide step free access for the physically disabled. The problem Almost all the British railway system was built before disabled people existed in the public eye. When the stations were originally built lifts did not exist and disabled people were not in the mindset. If you wanted to get across the […]
Twickenham stadium rugby ground
Twickenham stadium rugby ground is the home ground for English rugby. If you can get tickets for an international match at Twickenham then go. The atmosphere can be fantastic. Twickenham stadium rugby ground Twickenham stadium rugby ground holds 86,000 people and this makes it one of the biggest rugby union venues in the world. Its […]
