Sorry folks the Weds Wrap is a bit late this week due to a visit to the dentist and a charge of £300. Last week I had an appointment at the National Neurological Hospital in Queen Sq. London, and as a treat the Relative Lieutenant took me for lunch with his work colleagues to Ciao Bella…
We’ve started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. GB Paralympic Archer and friend of BBS, Leigh Walmsley, has written the first in our new series of Sports Blogs. Leigh competed…
I mentioned before in my Weds Wrap that I’m going to be speaking at Digital Shoreditch this month. It turns out that a lot of time needs to be spent preparing for this and honing my speech to perfection. This week I’ve had to write up a brief synopsis of what BBS is all about and what I’m…
Last year we wrote about Love Box festival and as a result we thought it would be good to give you some information on the music festivals of 2013. They’re as accessible as they can be and promoters do seem to be doing their best to make them inclusive. Take a look – and if…
I mentioned last week I was going to West Ham to see ManU play with Lieutenant No.1 and on the way we stopped off in Shoreditch for something to eat. We went to Albion which is the ‘caff’ part of the Conran, Boundary hotel. I love this hotel as they have accessible rooms and although…
I like all the music my parents liked when they were my age; I’m about 25/30 years (or more) behind most of friends when it comes to my musical taste… So I don’t tend to get my hopes up about seeing my favourite bands/artists as most of them have split up or died, as is…
I know it’s been cold but I thought my friend was crazy when he mentioned Bodo’s Schloss, an Alpine restaurant and bar, as a good place to go for an evening out. It’s next to The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London and has been frequented by Prince Harry (apparently). It does look like fun as it…
In the wake of the London 2012 Paralympics, there has been a big increase in demand from the less able to become more involved in sport and exercise, or at least that is the theory. But how much has been done to cater for this growing demand for accessible fitness? In this, the first of…
An ice rink in Sheffield has started doing weekly sessions with disabled people during which they can have a go in these amazing looking bumper cars. iceSheffield have bought four adapted bumper cars, which look like giant inflatable rings and can glide around on the ice. The battery powered cars are controlled by joysticks on either…