Lieutenant No 2 has insisted I give SAID in Soho a mention and having tasted their chocolate with Himalayan Salt, I can only agree to his request. This new branch of a Rome chocolate shop (SAID est c.1920) is in Broadwick St., Soho. The hot chocolate is displayed in little cauldrons behind the glass counter…
Futures Life Skills Centre at Chailey Heritage Foundation houses a gym unlike many, if any, other in terms of accessibility and inclusivity. With so many people trying to get fitter this January, we’ve asked them to explain what goes into making their gym so special: This time of year many of us struggle to stick…
It’s hard to be hugely positive about the year ahead, or indeed about anything, in these gloomy days of January but we wanted to tell everyone to keep their chins up because 2014 looks set to be a really exciting year! There are so many massive events going on this year: some we see every…
The New Year is now one week old, so for all of us who resolved to be more healthy in 2014 it’s really is time to put our money where our mouths are. For a couple of reasons, this year we’re thinking of taking a slightly alternative route and taking up slightly holistic fitness regimes…
The Wrap is short this week as I’m feeling a little poorly after a night out with the Blue Badge Style team. We started at Archer Street cocktail bar and then had dinner at Brasserie Zedel both as good as our previous reviews indicated. The American Lieutenant nearly got up and sang with the waiters…
With winter here and the ski season having just about begun we thought it would be seasonal to look around and present a beginner’s guide to disabled skiing. There are now only ninety-nine days to go until the Sochi Winter Paralympics so snowsport fever is likely to take hold in the next hundred days or…
Last week Max & I went to the Independent Hotel Show at Olympia to spread the word about BBS and our community of people who want more than a Holiday Inn Express. This indeed surprised a few people as we told them the disability market for hospitality was worth £2Bn a year in the UK…
Perhaps, you might think, the end of October is not the best time in the world to decide to write a post on how less able people can take up surfing. You’d have to be extremely brave to start surfing in the bitterly cold, windy and wet weather we see at this time of year,…
If you’re an animal lover, sport fanatic or just somebody looking for a little fresh air and exercise then horse riding might be an ideal activity for you. And if you’re less able it’s actually something quite easy to get involved in. The Riding for the Disabled Association is a national charity which helps to…