Welcome to my blog. It varies how regular I write posts here. 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, 9 September 2016

deux jours

I type this week’s post, in two sessions. It will be finished tomorrow (Friday afternoon), as per usual this is my plan. However, I start typing tonight, because I can, and feel like I want to. Don’t worry, black coffee accompanies me, along with Smashing Pumpkins following U2 (I admit that my music is on ‘shuffle’ mode). 

You all know that I have told you of my belief in fate. It is still what i believe, and is an intriguing method of living life! I was psychologically moved by visiting the ‘Kingston - Climate Change Talk’, on Tuesday. The talk was held by a prominent member of UNICEF, who had been at the famous ‘Paris - Climate Change Discussions’ in 2015. Four key notes were made…

  1. A key mission is communication of messages, to general public.
  2. Mass refugee crisis partly due to global climate change.
  3. 'The UK was very poor' - UNICEF
  4. Everyone can make a difference, by encouraging others and spreading the word.

I expand to explain…
  1. Part of my reason for including this message on my blog is because i know that it is my best way of communicating important messages, to as large an audience as possible. I hope that everyone agrees that ‘Climate Change’ is the largest problem that we have ever faced, and could be our final one. Seriously. History shows us that a population’s biggest fear may have been of another’s aggression. Now we all notice effects of Climate Change around the globe, regularly. First examples that spring to my mind are the flooding locally, in the UK, and the extreme droughts that have hit countries closer to the equator. The ever-increasing months temperatures should alarm us all. This Globe’s climate IS CHANGING. Everyone is affected. Everyone must help. 
  2. Although this country has a population who wants out of everything. We cannot. The world is suffering a mass crisis of refugees. It is irresponsible and totally wrong to blame this entirely on human warfare. Across the world people are refugees fleeing from their stricken homelands. Their homes, some ruined irrecoverably from damage caused by Climate Change. Allowance of such large human-displacement will create a huge imbalance of populations, perhaps some will become extinct, as others over-crowd.
  3. Hmmm. A comment, quite readily provided was that the UK was actually very poorly performing, in Paris. No matter, how/what we are told in the news, our government performed very poorly, especially compared with everyone else. There were good examples given by other many countries such as Uruguay, Denmark, and even the new US/China agreement is such a positive position, but the UK? It unnerves me, how little this has been reported in the news! We let the world down.
  4. Communication is the key. If enough people know, more and more people will be happy to make the smallest changes. When combined, such big changes can be made. As human beings, we all owe it to the future populations of this world.




Friday

My 'cycling'...
Early last week, I upped my 'cycling' regularity. 'Inverted commas' used, because I am not riding a bicycle, but my gym-bike. The passion is still there, so I can ride at 99% on Monday (after gym in morning). Then 99% for a long session on Tuesday. 100% 5 minute sprint on Wednesday. 99% for 5 minutes (after Physiotherapy session), Thursday. Friday is a longer, 10 minute session at 100%. Weekends, I rest (at the moment). I am only a week into this,  but I am realising that I should maybe ride in a higher gear, which could affect everything! We will see...

Tuesday, I am sat in 'Caffe ****', and all of a sudden an elderly woman looks at me, asking 'Do you want some? Can I get you some sugar, a straw, some serviettes?'
I am dumbfounded and insulted! I respond with a quizzical look, as if to suggest I am deeply wounded by her comments. I am sorry to those who disagree, but, she doesn't ask anyone else, just the disabled, wheelchair user. A warning, DO NOT attempt to put sugar in my coffee!

My smile
The photo below is a 'selfie' that I snapped on the bus. I go around, and if I smile, I was often left wondering what sort of expression that I was giving. I knew that I was potentially giving people a 'wonky smile', and embarrassing myself. However, it is with relief I view this. I smiled at a friendly passenger who was leaving the bus, held the smile and snapped a 'selfie'. 


  What are four hundred rabbits hopping backwards? A receding hare line.

Diane Birch



The best ever, has been found!
New Row Espresso


Charing Cross Station Publicity!!!!
Anger was felt. I left the cafe in New Cross Street, and headed towards Charing Cross Station, to use their 'facilities', before crossing the Thames, south to Waterloo and train back to Surbiton. I followed the signs, reaching a door with this sign...


WHAT?!!!
There was no way I needed to use it enough. It was locked with a unique key (not a 'radar key'). 
Not very f****** 'accessible' is it?
OUTRAGEOUS...

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