The Cavendish is a four star hotel situated in the heart of Mayfair, a really accessible location for west end theatres, Fortnum & Mason, the Royal Academy and many others of London’s best tourist attractions. The hotel was originally run by Rosa Lewis, aka “the Queen of Cooks”, who worked her way up from a servant…
Leading up to the Bank Holiday meant a slow down in activities at BBS HQ, hence the late ‘Wrap’ as nothing much happened until I was taken by the American Lieutenant to Aqua kyoto a restaurant above the old Dickens & Jones in Regent St. A number of people have told me to go (see…
The Belfast edition of the Malmaison collection of boutique chain hotels is a welcome addition to our reviews of these trendy venues. Even now, having heard it for some time, the idea of a ’boutique chain’ can still be a little grating. It seems something of an oxymoron, but they may just be a very good thing.…
I and the American Lieutenant ventured on a two hour drive to Birmingham last week to see Naidex National as it “celebrated its 40th Birthday in style” – let us be the judge of that. I was not expecting much and the first impression was ‘Oh no not more grey.’…..that was just the NEC Hall…
Hailo is an amazingly handy app for getting around town by cab. We always say that for less physically able bodied people, particularly wheelchair users, travelling by black cab is the easiest way of getting around and with Hailo it’s easier than ever. You can hail a cab virtually and book one to arrive in…
Last week I met with Russell Hall, one of the founders of Hailo, a free smartphone app that gets you a licensed taxi without needing to hail one from the street. He’s a very charming cabbie and I love the app because I can usually get a cab within 5-10 minutes and they don’t know I’m…
It’s been a while since her last postcard, but we’ve heard again from Ann in Vietnam. This time she’s reporting back from the nation’s capital, telling us about the most stylish places in Hanoi and assessing how accessible they are too: Hanoi is a bit like Marmite…. you are going to love it or hate…
On Tuesday we posted a piece about the problems that one of our readers has had accessing cruise ships. Her husband, as a wheelchair user, has found that two cruise companies have provided issues relating to accessibility (i.e. weren’t very accessible). We got in touch with the relevant companies to ask what the deal is…
We recently received word of some fairly lousy attitudes towards accessibility on holiday cruises. Margaret contacted us with two stories of cruise companies which were a bit of a let down in this area. Firstly, this is what happened when she called up to book with a firm called Cruise and Maritime: “I was making…