Accessible Cycling

We hired a side by side tandem for John and Sue, and a trike for George, and went cycling around Westport Lake.

There were all sorts of cycles available to hire - normal bikes and tandems, side by side tandems, trikes, hand cycles, side by side tandems with a seat at the front for a non-pedaller, and trailers for wheelchairs. It’s made cycling pretty much available to everyone 🙂

We had a really enjoyable afternoon and we only stopped because of the rain, as John was concerned about his hearing aids getting wet.

Check out our video below.

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Poppies: Weeping Window at Middleport Pottery

We went to visit the Poppies: Weeping Window exhibition at Middleport Pottery. It’s very poignant seeing the poppies coming out of the top of an old bottle oven and down the side of it. It’s well worth a visit if you get the opportunity to go. The exhibition is on until September 16, 2018.

Middleport Pottery is Victorian, so there are cobblestones, which makes it a bit bumpy for wheelchair users. For visually impaired visitors, if you ask, there is an opportunity for you to touch a poppy, so you can get a sense of what they are like.

We would definitely recommend it.

Audio Description Update

Today we went to the cinema to try out the suggestion we received on our audio description YouTube video, to make the experience a better one.

Did it work? Eventually, yes!

We cannot fault the efforts of the staff at our local Vue cinema, as they tried to get the system working. They were working on it right up until the main feature started and, fortunately, they were successful.

John tried the suggestion, made by Jack, of using the headphones on just one ear. At first, he tried the headphones with his hearing aids in but that made a banging sound. Taking one hearing aid out and having the headphones on that ear worked brilliantly. Thank you Jack for your excellent suggestion.