Friday, 31 December 2021
The protests, horrors and realities of Fox Hunting...
Returning and New years resolutions!
New Years Resolutions for 2022!!
Saturday, 16 October 2021
Euans Guide and Red Cord Cards
Euan's Guide
So, yet again I've been neglecting my blog posts with a mixture of health and busy-ness! :O I keep meaning to log these things down on paper to put on my blog. Anyway a while ago I did a rather stupidly short post on Euan's Guide and their red cord cards and thought I'd re do it as it didn't really do them any justice! So here goes.
Euan's guide is a Disability Access Review website found at www.euansguide.com (for some reason Rae can't get the link button working so it will have to be a copy and paste situation sorry about that one). Founded by Euan McDonald MBE and co founded with his sister Kiki in 2013. Ok, so this is going to be another copy and paste as I don't want to get any nouns, grammar and names wrong but according to their website: After his Motor Neurone Disease (MND) diagnosis in 2003, Euan moved from London back to Edinburgh to be with his family and fundraise for MND research. In 2006, Euan and his father Donald established the Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research, and helped to set up the Voicebank Project, which is today known as Speak:Unique.
Ten years after his diagnosis, Euan’s Guide was launched by Euan and his sister Kiki as a place for disabled people, their families, friends and carers to share their knowledge of accessible places to go. The award-winning charity is based in Scotland and used by disabled people all over the UK and beyond.
Euan and Kiki work in the Old Town of Edinburgh alongside their team: a friendly bunch who are passionate about accessibility.
About Euan's Guide:
We all navigate the world in different ways. Euan’s Guide makes it easier for disabled people to find great places to go. We all want to get out there and enjoy life, and having good quality disabled access information reduces unnecessary hassle, inspires confidence and removes fear of the unknown.
Euansguide.com is the disabled access review site where disabled people, their family, friends and carers can find and share reviews on the accessibility of venues around the UK and beyond. The site is an invaluable tool for everything from planning a day out, to picking a last-minute place for coffee or lunch.
We believe in making the world more accessible one review at a time. There are now thousands of disabled access reviews and listing on Euan’s Guide. With good accessibility information being so hard to find, one review is often enough to encourage others to visit. Euan’s Guide is opening the door for more people to find new and exciting places to go. Reviews are also sent to venue owners and this can be a positive and powerful opportunity for education and change.
The charity was founded in 2013 by Euan MacDonald MBE, a powerchair user and his sister Kiki after Euan was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and a lack of disabled access made everyday experiences stressful. By breaking down the barriers of exclusion with the help of other people in the same situation, Euan’s Guide hopes to give everyone the freedom to explore.
There is a survey currently going on as of October 2021. https://www.euansguide.com/access-survey again a copy and paste situation. If anyone wants a go. I am also a wearer of the sunflower lanyard which is also a must see and read. Until next time and hope this helps people and the info. Rae.
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Fox not getting mine! (Hedgehog 🦔)
Hedgehog Heros🦔
Friday, 25 June 2021
Euan's guide & Reviews
Hello all!
Today's post is about a website, a group of people, a charity called Euan's guide. That help disabled people via disability access reviews. People write reviews on their website of places that they have visited and encourage others to do so as well. Although it's not just about the reviews, well it is but there are also the "Red Cord Cards" .... You know the Red Cords that hang down from the disabled loos well, every disabled loo should really have one! ... the cards attach to them letting people know that they should hang loose. Trust me I've seen a few that haven't... shockingly, along with Raydar keys the keys for disabled public loos some of the locks and cords are broken and out of use. I wonder if there is anything called disabled access activists...ohhhh I could tell of you of a few places lol! Anyways!
https://www.euansguide.com/ is the link to their website to have a look on and if you go right to the bottom to the little foot menu it will mention the red cord cards i was on about. =Rae
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Free Landing and Aldwalk Bridge, North Yorkshire
Rae's curiosity lead her to...
Aldwalk Bridge...
There has been a river crossing here for hundreds of years - the area once called Rudford Wath, wath meaning a fordable stream - and a ferry once ran between the banks. However, it was dangerous and unreliable in the winter weather, and in 1772 an Act of Parliment was granted to John Thompson of nearby Kirby Hall to build a bridge.
Today, this is the perfect spot to enjoy a picnic, or just res and watch the river traffic flow by. Nowadays, the commercial traffic has been replaced by pleasure craft such as powerful cruisers and jolly narrowboats. Keep an eye open for the damselflies, such as the banded damoselle. You might even be lucky enough to spot a brilliantly-coloured kingfisher and you will almost certainly see noisy groups of mallard. The wild flowers have been a picture in spring and summer in this area.
This has long been a popular site for fisherman who seak out roach, perch, barbel and pike. Thompson agreed on condition that the bridge remained in private hands - and today the Aldwalk Bridge remains one of the only eight privately owned toll crossings in the country. Costing 40p to get across well as of May 2021! The stury iron crossing you see today was opened on 6th April 1877 two years after the first bridge, designed by Harewood House architect John Carr, fell into the water.
Serene as the scene is today this was the site of a tragedy where in 1810 you men stood on the bridge to watch ice floes speeding beneath on the flood water. In their excitement, they raced from one side of the bridge to the other - tracgically the railing gave way and 13 fell into the water. But only one of the bodies was ever found.
Nun Monkton and Geocaching
Nun Monkton & Geocaching
Monday, 10 May 2021
Hesley Worker finds Random Act!
Hesley Group worker finds Random Act of Kindness in North Yorkshire town!
Too long and not logging!
Hello Strangers,
Ok, so here I am again doing a strange blog post after not blogged for what seems like a decade and with my rather bad writing skills! I'll never be a writer or write a book ha ha. I'm too random and my grammar seems to be all over the place at this moment in time. Not to mention im addicted to touch typing when I do these kinds of blogs. Always wanting to do a blog about something or another that peaks my curiosity but never actually get round to figuring out what words to say on a blog. Do you guys read this and have any tips? I'm thinking do people read blogs any more with whats been happening and lockdown and covid 19?
So as we come out of lockdown slowly and hopefully for the best in the near future here in England, UK I hope this finds my readers well if I still have any left? I've been still out walking in the woods behind my little flat here in Yorkshire. We finally heard the cuckoo for the first time about a week or so ago, seems to be coming later this year migrating from Africa. Do others think that I always wonder?
Still doing my geocaching and for those cachers out there we're going to the uk lincoln mega this August 2021 hopefully if we can also we are trackable on the website www.geocaching.com and our code is for discovery only at: WBX9FJ if you want to discover us?
The weather recently here has been strange one day or rather time its pouring rain then sunny then over cast again, it's really weird. I keep getting my book fairy boxes from a subscription i still have and still doing my book fairy drops. See a post somewhere i said about book fairy drops!
Until the next random post i do... keep safe. NAMASTE x
Rae.
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Blog updating
Hello!
Ok, so I'm having trouble uploading blog posts as I mainly use my rather weird unpredictable Iphone SE! The worst thing being it just randomly stops letting me post photos or pictures onto blog posts. Then other times it wont even let me post at all!! ... I didn't think I was this much of a techniphobe! haha...
Well things have been rather slow here recently, due to lockdown still being active here in the UK and not being able to go out as much. At least we apparently now can see one other outside of our support bubble for a walk which is a good thing... I'm hoping this will let me take photos of my area sometime so i can post them for you all.
Oh, another of my random updates, the hedgies or hedgehogs we've been rescuing. Or rather me attempting ot help where i can my mums neighbour raising awareness for the European Hedgehogs. I'll call her Mrs A as not so sure she'd want to be named on here. so Mrs A (mums neighbour) rescues hedgies as I call them and helps The little silver hedgehog rescue lady Emma in York. There are now I think 4 hedgehogs in captivity some still in hibernation and some awake. Can't wait for our Bruce hedgie to come back out again, we know theres someone in the nesting box at the moment which is a good thing at least!! So watch this space!! Anyone have 'hedgies' where they are let me know!!
Hopefully here comes next time! - Rae.
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Pausing for thought
This is where I post a photo. A one or two photos only that have me thinking that I feel I need to share with the world.
Saturday, 23 January 2021
Blogger Doggies and Moggies
Monday, 11 January 2021
New Year, New Start!
Happy New Year 2021!
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