Welcome to my blog. I post on this, roughly once a week (it does vary). I sustained a 'Traumatic Acquired Brain Injury', and a six month coma from a 'road traffic accident' whilst cycling, in October 2006. I spent the following 4 years (22-26yrs old), in a combination of hospitals and rehabilitation homes. Now, I have been living independently in Surbiton, England since October 2010. This blog begun life in December 2010, as i realised that there are many people worldwide that i want to share experiences with. I know that, as a wheelchair user, I am obviously not as mobile as i wish, so, use the internet to connect to you. I enjoy letting my thoughts represent through type. I type honestly. As numerous readers, as well as email recipients, will understand, I find typing to be very therapeutic. Thank you :)
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Friday 17 May 2013

Mtb skills...!

Back on time! Crikey, I lead such a sociable life. My friday evenings are spent all alone, but typing on this blog (which actually goes trans-global, so that's alright, hehe). See, all sad facts can be twisted around into a 'positive'!

Very well, here I am. Fear not, coffee is got. This weeks first note leads well onto the second.


I don't buy individual songs

John Fullbright
I don't want to bore you all to tears, by trying to enforce my laws on purchasing music, but... hehe, I do not buy individual tunes on CD/mp3/whatever... I never really have (apart from collecting 'collectable' CDs, yes even CDs!)
MP3s can be so easy to find, one must purchase the entire album.
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The entire album 'From The Ground Up' by John Fullbright was bought on MP3, and a very good choice it was. I supply a sample of the American singer/songwriter. I seriously recommend.



Okay, the next note is a reminder to myself to share with y'all, my new business card. OK, around a year since the last, and I wanted to play in my design software, developing my 'PG' logo, so incorporating it into a four-face, folding card,= so...




I warn you, that as this version is printed on a thick, gloss card, if you have one it may be an alternate version, printed at a cheaper cost!! I am not made of money!!!! Don't be greedy!


When the weather is grim EVERYONE is down and miserable, but I wear a forced smile, as rain is only water. It is not bad (within reason).

Unsurprisingly I made the above note, in rainfall of this past week. Rain, always forces me to gain a sense of reality, viewing unhappiness on everyone's faces because of something so trivial, rainfall. Okay I admit that torrential rainfall can be troublesome, but there is no problem with spring showers! We are in England, this is part of English life. It makes me feel alive again.

 
Wheelchair rmond XC MTB skills!

Okay, my final note, above refers to my skills, learnt from being a cross-country mountain biker, proved very useful to me yesterday.  I got off the bus atop Richmond Hill (amazingly beautiful view, this time of year). However, I needed to get down to reach the shops. I knew that my best route would just be to head down straight towards Richmond Cinema. It was definitely not a 'wheelchair friendly' route. Numerous  cobbled driveways I traversed without crashing into any BMWs! Very rich areas ignore all accessibility rules, to allow  enough space to park 5 BMWs. I stop before I say something that i shouldn't! End of story, I survived! 

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