What age do you move from just fell over. To, had a fall? 😁
Well I’m not there yet ‘cos I fell over a kerb again (grrr) and the 2 ladies nearby didn’t seem alarmed or bothered. Neither rushed to my aid. Worried I’d broken a hip.
I am OK though.
But whilst I was down there, I saw a four leaf clover. All by itself!
Just goes to show my outlook on life that most of the time, if bad things happen, there’s almost always, a silver lining to it if you think positively.
You may not realise it quite as immediately as I did today. But maybe you will in the future ☺️
PD A dark green four leaf clover with a thin stem lays on a light wood table facing the front
Not being able to drive makes for little adventures.
A jaunt to the seaside making our own way there with our backpacks, with a plan & excitement to do this by ourselves.
Usually Richard & I have been on an already organised holiday, with an itinerary.
We booked the flights the last holiday & the company we went with booked the rest. The taxis, The night in Rhodes, The ferry to the island of Tilos & the apartment stay.
When we go on the coach trips they are all arranged before booking.
This time we were invited by some friends to come along to Thornwick Bay Caravan Park in Flamborough, for a long weekend.
Now, not being able to drive makes us have to sit & make a plan to see if we can manage it.
Both of us stopped driving due to our declining eyesight.
It’s the first time we’ve really ventured out to do this.
Because Richard is severely sight impaired, he has a Blind Travel Pass. This gets him & a companion (Me) free travel on buses & trains in the West Yorkshire where we live.
We managed very cheekily to get to Doncaster, which isn’t far away from us, but in South Yorkshire, for free ☺️
Then from Doncaster we took another train to Bridlington.
Such a beautiful old station!
From then we had to find a supermarket to buy our provisions for our stay.
Then we had to download the Nippy App for a taxi to take us to the Caravan Site. Bridlington don’t use the Uber App.
Once we got there in our caravan we were very happy with ourselves. This may seem silly to some, but for us it opened up a whole new way for us to know we could try to get anywhere that we fancied. It gave us alot of confidence in ourselves.
We found out later that there was a bus service that came onto the caravan park. So when we left we had a go on that to learn what to do there.
All in all, we’ve looked back & both agreed that travelling there with a successful plan, that was enjoyable & not the stress fest we thought it would be, made the holiday.
We are excited to do it again and would certainly recommend venturing out if you’re nervous about getting out there whether you are visually impaired or not.
VD View from caravan window. Dark clouds & thunderstorm.View from caravan window.Sunny view from train.Taxi pulling into caravan park.Fairground swings moving.2 pints on a table.Traveling train.
I’m seeing a lot of posts on social media asking for eclipse glasses as a lot of places have sold out (please make sure they comply with ISO 12312-2:2015(E) as they are just useless otherwise and you are risking your eyesight)
To safely witness the Solar eclipse on Wednesday the 12th of August if you cannot find any glasses. You can view it indirectly by finding abit of cardboard, piece of card or plain sheet of white paper.
Make a hole in the middle of one of your pieces of cardboard, card or paper. (When I did this with my Son, I used cardboard as it was easier to manage)
Place the piece of paper on the ground or hold it within your shadow.
Stand with your back to the Sun and hold your cardboard till the sunshine passes through the hole and projects the image onto the paper. This may take a bit of time to get used to it but it’s very effective and safe.
You can also make a pinhole camera or enclosed box projector. Many how to make videos for these, are on YouTube if you just search for these phrases. Maybe a fun thing to do with the kids getting them involved.
Please be safe if you’re wishing to view the eclipse.
Whilst looking directly at the Sun whilst unprotected the damage will happen and you won’t know it as it will be painless.
If you’d like to read up on my more in depth Solar Eclipse blog, it’s on my previous post here, on Instagram and my website at http://www.onevisionblog.com.
PD A cartoon Sun shines onto a piece of cardboard with a hole in the middle. this then shines onto a piece of white paper with the image of the Sun and Moon projected onto it.
PD A cartoon Sun shines onto a piece of cardboard with a hole in the middle. this then shines onto a piece of white paper with the image of the Sun and Moon projected onto it.
