by Mandy Swift | Jul 20, 2021 | Kates blog, News
When Kate joined Blind Sailing four years ago, she set herself the goal of competing in the Round the Island Yacht Race. Read how she recently achieved this goal in the following article. Kraken Travel open doors to Blind Sailor to complete ambition of competing in...
by Mandy Swift | Jun 8, 2021 | Kates blog, News
Dear reader, this blog is a hard one to compose because although what I’m about to tell you was my decision it is still sad to say. I have decided to leave Southampton Sight to focus on gaining employment in the sailing industry; I’m being honest, I don’t know in what...
by Mandy Swift | Nov 5, 2020 | Kates blog
Yesterday something happened that shocked and pleased me at the same time. I was on my way to meet my partner for our last visit to a pub before England’s second national lock down. I was approaching a rather complicated junction and as I do not do this route every...
by Mandy Swift | Oct 27, 2020 | Kates blog
This morning I did something out of the ordinary, well I don’t usually facetime my mother at approximately 06:55 while on my way to get the bus to work. Unusually for me my alarm hadn’t gone off this morning so I was rushing around more than normal, I can only put...
by Mandy Swift | Oct 24, 2020 | Kates blog
Last weekend I returned to sailing with Blind Sailing UK. You might be wondering how in these times of confusion and ever-changing guidance how this was possible. Blind Sailing UK’s work before the weekend and the policies that have been implemented to reduce the...
by Mandy Swift | Sep 23, 2020 | Kates blog
Sighted issues with face masks can happen to blind people too! Before you laugh out loud at this blog, I’d like to point out that even us (Blindies) have issues with wearing a face mask. As I type this, I can almost hear the audible sigh from you readers but don’t...
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