Hearing Issues
When You're Blind and Start Losing Your Hearing – John's Story
Imagine being completely blind from birth, relying on your hearing to understand the world around you, and then discovering that you're losing that sense too.
Carer Tickets & Disabled Admission
Ford Green Hall: Exploring History Through Touch – Our Accessible Family Visit
Sometimes the smaller places turn out to be surprisingly interesting, and our visit to Ford Green Hall in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, certainly gave us plenty to explore.
Accessible Attractions
One Last Visit to Trentham Gardens – Shaun the Sheep, Bad Jokes and a Thieving Dog!
It hardly seems possible, but our Trentham Gardens annual passes have come to the end of their year. We'd first bought them in September 2025, and with their final day upon us, it seemed only right to squeeze in one last visit.
Accessible Attractions
Inside Shugborough Mansion & Patrick Lichfield’s 36-Room Apartment
We return to Shugborough with a much more focused plan: take the shuttle to the Mansion, explore the house properly and, most importantly, finally see where Patrick Lichfield actually lived.
Accessible Attractions
Inside Gladstone Pottery Museum – The Home of The Great Pottery Throw Down
Gladstone Pottery Museum is somewhere we have visited before. Set inside a former Victorian pottery factory in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, it gives you the chance to see how the pottery industry that made this area famous actually worked. The Great Pottery Throw Down, is also filmed here.
Accessible Attractions
Accessible Cycling at Green Door, Westport Lake
We’ve been accessible cycling at Green Door before, and decided it was time for another visit to Westport Lake — although, as usual, it didn’t take John very long to cause chaos!
Accessible Attractions
A Very Different Country House – Our Day at Sudbury
Country houses aren't usually places where you're encouraged to play with pirate ships, investigate old toys or discover a Dalek lurking amongst the exhibits, but The Children's Country House at Sudbury isn't a typical country house.
Neurodiverse Activities
A Day at Crich Tramway Village – Trams, 1936 and Accessibility
For George's birthday this year, he chose a trip to the National Tramway Museum at Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire. We hadn't visited for around eight years, so it was going to be interesting to see what had changed – and how accessible we found it now.
miscellaneous
There Was Always More to It Than Being “Bendy”
Looking back at George’s childhood with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome — the appointments, orthotics, specialist equipment and the long road to finally getting a diagnosis.
miscellaneous
Shugborough Estate – A Huge National Trust Day Out in Staffordshire
It had been around 40 years since I last visited Shugborough Estate. My rather vague memory of that visit involves a teddy bears' picnic, and I certainly don't remember appreciating just how enormous the place was. I do now!
Accessible Attractions
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum – Is It an Accessible Family Day Out?
Our latest family day out took us to Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, where we found everything from fossils and steam engines to a Spitfire, giant eyeballs and a certain skull who somehow ended up being called Sam.
Accessible Attractions
Exploring Biddulph Grange Garden: Tunnels, Stepping Stones, and Accessibility
We used our National Trust memberships to visit Biddulph Grange Garden in Staffordshire, We’d read it was a quirky Victorian garden, but it turned out to be a brilliant, immersive adventure—complete with secret tunnels, stepping stones, and hidden thematic "rooms" around every corner.