Happy New Year to all our readers and subscribers. We have some exciting things coming in 2013. The first is a series of articles by Team GB Paralympians on their respective sports and how they got started. From Archery to Wheelchair Rugby to Sitting Volleyball and starting with Susie Rodgers (@Susie_Rodgers) a Paralympian swimmer who describes swimming a…
Thanks to Kimberley for sending us this review of Edinburgh Castle: “I would just like to say Edinburgh castle was fantastic!! My fiancé and I took my brother who is in a wheelchair and the staff there were fantastic. They were polite and friendly and always willing to help. Even though we had not pre-booked…
Barts & Maggies Bar are part of the same group that own Bunga Bunga, see my previous review. BARTS is in the Chelsea Cloisters serviced apartments on Sloane Avenue. It’s a quirky speakeasy at the rear of the reception where you have to ring a bell to get in. Not sure they’ll see you through the peephole in…
We haven’t audited Hammersmith Apollo but we have found out that there are 2 steps and a ramp into the venue. The stalls are accessible but the circle is not. The shops in the foyer are also totally accessible and there are 2 fully accessible bars and kiosks in the stalls area. The disabled toilet is at…
We haven’t been to Shepherd’s Bush Empire but we can confirm they have great disabled access! There is entry at the side of the building and a portable ramp to get you up any steps. Inside there is a raised platform for wheelchairs in the stalls and the disabled toilet is in the stalls too.…
Mo*vida is a very stylish bar/club not far from Oxford Circus with a sister bar in Dubai In Mo*vida there is a “raised DJ booth, state of the art sound system, 14 plasma screens and 15 meter LED Screen” and 50/60 steps down to the bar but a security member will carry you down… The…
The iconic Hippodrome has been refurbished and re-opened and is now ‘once again the city’s foremost entertainment venue’….’three floors of gambling, five bars, a dedicated poker floor, an intimate cabaret theatre and the high energy Heliot restaurant and lounge’. Heliot restaurant overlooks the main gaming floor & has ‘energy and glamour’ but the menu looks not so…
Embassy Mayfair hasn’t been audited and won’t be as they have no disabled toilet because it’s a ‘managed building’!! Why is that an excuse? It’s on a ground floor so partially accessible as it’s on 2 levels. Looks good though, it’s a bar and brasserie and there’s also a nightclub called the Salon . It serves modern Mediterranean cuisine all…
Amsterdam; city of style, great people and freedom… shame about the disabled access! All the streets in the main city area are cobbled and the road system of cars/buses/trams/motorbikes/scooters/bikes is bewildering. They come at you from all directions! It doesn’t help that when you decide to place yourself in a restaurant away from the chaos…