Five minutes with… Fiona Jarvis, Blue Badge Style Posted by: Luke Garner 11 September,2015 Posted in featured, Success Each week we catch up with a different entrepreneur to discover what makes them tick, their top tips and more. This week we spend five minutes with Fiona Jarvis, founder of Blue Badge Style. Hi Fiona. Can…
Lime Wood Hotel sits in beautiful surroundings in The New Forest and is the latest ‘trendy’ place to stay if you’re a city dweller. Our previous review can be seen in full here but here’s an update following a visit with No.1 Lieutenant. Update Aug 2015: We visited Lime Wood and it is a beautiful hotel,…
The Relative Lieutenant (see his photo here), sent us this review of The Red Lion Inn in Hinxton, Camridgeshire July 1st 2015: I visited the Red Lion Inn for lunch to see how their up market restaurant was doing and assess disabled access but I arrived to find the kitchen about to close (I arrived 1:50…
There’s never been a better time to take up Wheelchair Dancing. Whether people are taking part competitively or just for recreation Wheelchair Dancing is becoming incredibly popular. It’s fun, it’s a good way to socialise and meet new people and it helps keep you fit too. There are a couple of national organisations that have…
Cuba is under the spotlight this month as president Obama announced a rekindling of relations with Cuba and John Kerry traveled to Havana to raised the American flag. So what does it mean for disabled people travelling to Cuba? Louise Sugden, friend of BBS and Paralympic Basket Ball player, has started a Blog for the Disabled Traveller and…
Last year we produced some travel tips for the ‘less able’. This year they’re still valid and I’d like to add one more……Wherever you’re going to stay make sure the access is completely paved. Last year we went to Mykonos.It was a great trip apart from our arrival. Where we stayed was a little out…
As this is holiday season I thought we should research carry bags for wheelchairs. Now I have my lovely leather BackBackPack (designed by Brunel in our ‘Style my Chair Competition’, contact us to buy one), I hoped we’d be able to get a similar case for my chair ??. Unfortunately none are in leather as they’re all made…
Some of you may have read the article in the Telegraph “My battle to be stylish as a disabled man” by Alex Taylor. He kindly included us in his piece and now he’s sent this review of a Secret Cinema experience. Something I’ve wanted to do but have never been convinced they cater for people…
The Cherwell Boat House is to the north of Oxford on the River Cherwell. It’s been there since 1904 and still provides Punts for the adventurous who want to combine danger with romanticism – I say that because I once got marooned in one! The spectator says “It is not for the casual diner, but…