by Mandy Swift | Mar 11, 2020 | Kates blog
This week must be the time of trying new things because not only have I travelled on the Scottish sleeper for the first time on my own I also went to my first kick boxing and karate classes last night. After a conversation with Lucy Hodges, the Commodore of Blind...
by Mandy Swift | Mar 10, 2020 | Kates blog
Regular readers will know by now that I travel a lot on trains and I have used sleeper trains before with friends and my partner but this time, I went solo. After a very long journey to Fort William on Saturday and a chilled-out day on Sunday, I began my journey...
by Mandy Swift | Feb 21, 2020 | Kates blog
Yesterday I received my award letter in the post and in braille, (shocked face) After submitting my claim form in November and a very long wait for an answer, I called the DWP to remind them that I hadn’t been given any indication of any award. Three weeks later,...
by Mandy Swift | Feb 12, 2020 | Kates blog
Reflecting on the voyage it feels either like I’m telling someone else’s story or like I’ve dreamt the adventure. In the beginning, the thought of doing something like this challenge terrified me. Jackie suggested this voyage to me back in February of last year, I...
by Mandy Swift | Feb 4, 2020 | Kates blog
Today is my first day back in the office for six weeks – what a shock to the system. I returned to the UK on Thursday of last week and have found it a challenge to settle back to normality. It’s surprising how much of a comfort of not being able to do...
by Mandy Swift | Dec 19, 2019 | Kates blog
I would like to thank you all for reading my blogs this last year. This doesn’t happen very often that I am left short for words – friends and colleagues “take a sharp intake of breath”. I can’t summarise this past year, but regular readers will know that when I...
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