I’ve always been extremely passionate when it comes to issues on disability, not just specifically for those with visual impairments. True, I have raised money for the Guide Dogs Association in the past when running in a couple of London marathon events in 2011 and 2014. It was partly because I had a Guide Dog…
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Disabled Changing Rooms, Ankles and Sex Education
Now I have your attention blogsters, I thought I would give my friends, family and any other cool person who reads this blog an update on the latest happenings in my simple but full on life. My last blog was my race report from the Wollaton Park Cross Country Race guided by the immense Gaz…
Power of Diversity
I first met Bushra Ali around two years ago. We had both been asked to speak at an event being run by the then Chief Executive of the Leicestershire Aids Support Service. Bushra was on first and gave a personal account of how she had got in to law. I didn’t know anything about Bushra…
2nd Free Prize Draw Winner
Thanks for entering the 2nd Free Prize Draw! The winner and runner up have been chosen. The winner of the Sports bag, £10 Amazon Voucher and A copy of From Blind Man To Ironman is…… PETER BASSETT Peter, please get in touch by commenting on this blog. The runner up of the £5 Amazon…
2017 in numbers
I thought it would be interesting to gather up some stats since the website launched. *Website Launched in July 2017. Users: 2,952 Total pageviews: 11,884 Number of different nationalities: 29 Total blog article views: 1793 Total blog articles: 19 Total blog comments: 36 Total spam comments removed from blog: 148 Video views: 1,125
Injuries, gas leaks and world records
The last 3 months have been eventful to say the least. Never a dull moment in my life. Many will know that I changed my job at the beginning of September and that has brought its own challenges and pressures. Apart from the fact that it is a challenging role, it is a little further…
Competition Winner
Congratulations to Karl Foxley Congratulations Karl. I’ll e-mail you shortly, please reply ASAP to claim your prize. Commiserations to all those who didn’t win. If you still want to read my book, it is still available to buy in paperback here or e-book here. The winner was chosen using a Random Number Generator. This small…
Book signing event at Everyone Active Gym
This evening (27th September 2017) I attended a book signing event at the Everyone Active gym in Oadby, Leicester. James Naylor and the wonderful team at the gym had put on a bit of a fund raiser for the charity Mind. They had asked me to come along and do a bit of a talk…
Adventures with Walt
So a couple of friends of mine are heading off to New Zealand at the end of October after passing their PhD studies. A couple with plenty of brains between them and no doubt if they have offspring not only will they be endowed with super human cognitive abilities but these guys are also ultra…
Book Signing Event at RaceHub
Just wanted to share a few photos from a book signing on the 16th September 2017 at the RaceHub