In July of this year I was invited to the launch of the UK’s first Accessible Strandkorb (literally a beach basket), at the German Gymnasium. This was organised both by the German National Tourist Office and the Tourism office of Lower Saxony. The weather was suitably British and a Strandkorb was needed to protect us…
Since renowned chef Simon Rogan opened his Michelin Starred, ‘clean’ cooking restaurant of L’Enclume a number of other establishments have come to our notice in Cumbria and The Lake District. So if you’re going, check these out and there’s at least one accessible hotel to try. Style and luxury have become part of this landscape and…
Two recent reviews have highlighted some award winning restaurants that appear to be great places to visit but slightly inaccessible. To be fair they are both trying to change their premises to make them more inclusive so we’ll wait and see before giving a final seal of approval. This prompted our initiative to present our…
We arranged a holiday to Menorca as it’s the most unspoilt/commercialised of the Balearic islands. We’d been to Ibiza and stayed in a very good villa, see our review of Ibiza but Menorca is far more ‘old Spain’ with many fishing villages and unspoilt beaches. We stayed in modern villa just outside of the town of…
We have recently set up a partnership with Access Advisr – a Tripadvisor look a like for people with disabilities. They recommended we take a look at Indian Summer in Brighton. We previously went on a trip to Brighton which is plagued with narrow streets and a pebbled beach, none of which makes access easy. It should…
Steve Wilkinson is based in the North East and runs a website Wheelchair Steve. Steve established International Wheelchair Day as 1st March every year. His mission is to ‘to make the world more accessible for other wheelchair users and people who have non-standard needs’ and has a been a wheelchair user for most of his life.…
We’ve had a number of places on our ‘one’s to watch’ list. Most have had outstanding independent reviews and we thought we’d tell you about them all at once ……..and they’re not all in London! Oriole Bar is however, in London and has been named as one of the world’s best bars. They also got a…
We applaud Disabled Access Day, which is today. However, in our opinion, it should be every day and should be celebrated in style. So here are our Top 5 stylish & accessible places to visit. None are 100% perfect (nowhere can be for everyone) but we believe they are the best we’ve found around the…
Reviews are coming in thick & fast this week and these are both located in re-generated areas of London and Cambridge, where we hope accessibility has been thought of?? We’ll be the judge of that….. The first is of Le Bab which came to our attention as a new cooking genre of Gourmet kebabs. Situated…