Category: General

Finally, 2020 is behind us. The year that was a constant shower of shit. via GIPHY For me there was quite a lot of stress throughout the year for …

Today I left the safety of my home and bravely ventured out into the wild badlands of Lincoln to do battle with the infected hordes. Okay, maybe that was …

Below is a post that I copied from Facebook. I wanted to share it here because I thought it illustrates brilliantly why lockdown and social distancing is necessary. People …

Imagine if you can’t have a shower or a bath one day for some reason. Maybe you have gone camping, or perhaps you have a disability and are bedbound. …

The novel coronavirus has changed life a lot since it started its tour around the globe. There’s a lot of suffering and misery, but there are also some silver …

#Covidiots is trending again on Twitter as people are ignoring the lockdown. On VE day a number of people still had street parties regardless of the mounting death toll. …

It’s a brave new world. I have begun my self-imposed isolation (AKA hiding) which the government now says should last for 3 months. That’s a long time, but I’m …

I have recently been attending Lincoln chess club which meets on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 10:30 PM. The club used to be based in an inaccessible building for …

We have reached the end of 2019 so I thought that I would look back at the main things I did in the 2010s. University The first 4 years …

Christmas Time is here again. There are only 2 days now until the big day when the jolly fat man breaks into your house, so I hope you’ve got …

Today I finally got tickets for The Killers at the Emirates Stadium in June 2020. But, as usual, it was harder than it should have been. I originally wanted …

Dementia is a terrible condition. It robs you of your memories, your personality, of what makes you who you are. Effectively, it eats you alive. Here’s a fact for …

Good day to you, dear reader! It is my great pleasure to inform you that I have been nominated for another blogging award by one of my fellow bloggers. …

  I have been fortunate enough to be nominated for a Blogger Recognition Award. Thank you very much for the nomination to Emma over at Diary of a Disabled …

YouTube is full of great stuff like funny cat videos and people falling over. But there are also a lot of disabled YouTubers who put out useful videos about …

It’s that time of year again – the great festival of consumerism that we call Christmas. You’ve probably already started your Christmas shopping (if not get on with it!) …

I am very happy to let you know that I have been nominated for The Liebster Award! I would just like to thank Brendan, author of the blog Blind …

  “Damn those raccoons!” John muttered angrily to himself as he awkwardly peered under the boardwalk. “That was my favourite hat as well” The raccoons in this park had …

Last week I went to see a film called Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis, and starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, and Hugh Bonneville in the main roles.

Today is Remembrance Sunday so I decided to share a poem to commemorate the fallen. Everybody knows “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae, so I looked for some less …