Monthly Archives: July 2010

EPLC Aberdeen – Stonehaven – Montrose: ‘Goodwil’

After an interview and photos with the local press, we said farewell to Aberdeen. A small crowd of well-wishers had gathered to wave us off. Actually, this heart-warming start was premature as we got slightly lost on the outskirts of the city. The backdrop for the first two days was some pretty challenging hills between [...]

T-1 day: 24 hours and counting

Just after 7:30 yesterday morning we set off for our drive to Aberdeen, following a quick photo of the team in front of our support vehicle. It took us just under 11 hours to get there. It seemed that the sun was shining on our attempt as the clouds parted the further northwards we hurtled. [...]

Preparations

Tomorrow, we start the drive up to Aberdeen for the beginning of the EPLC. It's an early morning start, so Justine (my wife) and Phil (my PA) have started packing the car. There's a lot to go in. Not only my trike and the bike for the person riding with me, and all the usual [...]

The Everything is Possible in Life Cycle

For the next month or so, all of my blog posts are going to revolve around the Everything is Possible in Life Cycle campaign. On Thursday, I leave Aberdeen docks to ride a recumbent trike down to London. Wouldn’t it be great to have a world where people with disabilities are defined by what they can do, [...]

Overturning stereotypes

Have you noticed that most "bad" characters in film, TV or literature have their flawed character manifested physically in some way? So, there is the James Bond villain with a scar or in a wheelchair or with metal teeth. There's Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and there's Captain Hook in Peter Pan. From a [...]

Half-full or half-empty?

One of the accusations most commonly leveled at people with disabilities is that “they are always moaning”. Some people think that they’re forever grumbling about how others are thoughtless and selfish, about how environments are often inaccessible, about how poverty-stricken they are and about how life generally can be a real pain in the butt. [...]

July 21st, 2010|Categories: Uncategorized|

Giving disabled people a voice

I decided to start writing a blog (this is my first post) because I am acutely aware everywhere I go of being under-represented as a disabled person. Disabled people just tend not to be seen around that much. You could say that this is a group that’s almost invisible – seldom seen out and about, [...]

July 20th, 2010|Categories: Uncategorized|