one of my favourite bar snacks was a toasted sandwich, usually containing Ham and cheese. Because of this I decided to buy myself a toasted sandwich maker even though I knew this could be very impractical. This is due to the fact that all the indicators on the sandwich maker are lights, these are used […]

 a common side effect of being blind is where the mind seems to create images that are not there or completes images that you can see partially. This is known as Charles bonnet syndrome.  These apparitions can alarm people but fortunately for me I cannot say that I suffer from this syndrome but that the […]

 as a rule I do not like receiving forms to complete, especially from organisations that should know better such as those that are primarily involved with blind and visually impaired people. However, because I cannot complete these forms myself I have some people I can go to who I know have my best interests at […]

Any kitchen can be a daunting place, even if you’re just going to make yourself a hot drink.  The first thing I was given when I started to lose my sight was a liquid level indicator in order to stop me overfilling the cup or mug with boiling water, as I never put milk into […]

over the last few years whilst I’ve been in this world of blindness I have become aware of the advantage of sharing knowledge and ideas with other visually impaired people, but only a few have responded in kind. I have found that some visually impaired people will only take instruction from their rehabilitation officer and […]

A new regulation was introduced on July 1st 2019 to ensure that all electric motor vehicles made from that date would include a sound generation device that worked up to the speed of 20 km an hour or approximately 13 miles per hour.  This speed might seem pretty random to people in the UK but […]

 in this article I’m going to be mentioning specific companies, this is not for financial gain from advertising but only due to the fact that I have dealt with these companies. Your suppliers might offer the same facilities so it would be worth you asking for them if you do not already have them. In […]

I stopped using Calibre a few years ago as I was receiving USB sticks from a multitude of organisations and starting to find it difficult to manage which stick belong to which organisation and was worried I’d return the wrong one in the wrong envelope. The Calibre streaming app was in its infancy and I […]

Skip to content Working away from home was an occupational hazard for Ewan. He had been a contractor for over 30 years and had lived in various cities throughout Europe. However, for the last 6 months he had been living and working in Newcastle, going home to Lancashire every weekend. The hotel room that had […]

About 18 months ago I was classi fied as obese, extremely lazy and depressed with the knowledge that my vision was going to get worse and I would achieve total blindness within a few years. I decided to give myself a kick and lose weight, get fit, get out more and stop spending all my […]