Are you a dog lover? Do you support Guide Dogs and other assistance dogs? Then this is why you should NOT vote Tory. The snap election is nearly upon us. Some of you may even have your postal vote ready but if you are thinking about voting for the Conservative Party and call yourself a dog lover, I suggest you read this and reconsider your vote. It is VERY simple. Guide Dogs and other assistance dogs are trained to work […]
Grace Still In Da House
For those of you who are asking about the wonderful hound… Yup, Grace is still with me at the moment. The re-homing process is longer and more complex than I had originally thought. There were many wonderful people wanting to take her on and yet there are so many issues when it comes to re-homing an older guide dog that, in the end, we decided to hand all things over to the re-homing team. This means I can just pretend […]
A Weekend of Dance with Touchdown Company.
Into the dance studio we go! My eyes are finding it hard to adjust to the dark shadows of the wide dance studio space interspersed with occasional dazzling pools of sunlight. I am, however, prepped and perky and I am wearing ‘gear’ for the unknown, i.e. doubled sports bra/ tank top combo (experience has shown it to be almost as effective and certainly less painful to remove than duct-tape), track suit bottoms and huge cotton knickers. (All ladeez understand why […]
Change the Narrative with ‘I, Daniel Blake’
It was a packed auditorium.. … for the first screening of the award winning film, ‘I Daniel Blake’ at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham last Thursday. We had planned a full day of events around the Arts and Social Change, part of our joint SenseAbility themed programme. It had been months in the planning but finally the day had arrived!
Notes on Leaving from Grace
The Leaving Hey TanviLove, I should be blogging about ‘re-tyre-ing’ but I don’t really smell that concept. Me: Okay, what do you want to talk about? Can I explain the Leaving instead, as we Guide Dogs go through and past and through it a few times a life-long. Me: That sounds great. Go ahead and I’ll type. Should we eat something first? Me: You just had breakfast. Did I? But I am faint with hunger. Me: Hmmmm, look here is […]
Amazing Grace and the End of an Era
Grace Hangs up Her Harness Grace has retired. Yes. It is officially the end of an era. As of last Thursday my wonderful buddy and fellow academic, my guide in the dark, my morning singing, fox poo rolling, clever, funny, huge hearted, rambunctious, co-traveller in this bonkers journey, has been retired. She has been at my side for seven and a half years, guiding me past the death of my Dad, across the county and through my MA and PhD. […]
Holey Vision!
We are back! Hellooooo! Goodness, I have missed you and can only apologise for the wee gap …okay, the three-year wee gap… in my Holey Vision posts! I got sucked deep down into my PhD but am now safely out the other side. And, da da DAAA…! I am a Doctor Bush of Bath Spa University! I kid you not. Grace too has weathered the storm and, now 9 years old and a little greyer, is also the proud wearer […]
In which I am attacked by a speed boat and Grace plunges under a train
I loved Greece.. I really, really did. Only there was one ineey meeny mini bikini moment where it could all have gone a bit well ..I believe the expression is ‘tits up’. We go on this boat to see turtles. We see a turtle. We pootle a bit further around the coast past beautiful coves and cliffs like this. A couple of times the boat stops and everyone jumps off to swim and snorkel. I don’t snorkel anymore but I […]
Vision Slip
A few years ago…well maybe more than a few…I was on a train at some daft time in the morning on my way to San Francisco. I hadn’t slept much the night before anxious about the trip and was a bit woozy. The carriage was almost empty and I thought no one would mind me snoring so leant down to pull out the foot rest. Whumph! Something seemed to both punch me in the arm and
Mixed Emotions
It is hot. Very bloody hot. Not that I am complaining but Grace has a black fur coat and is finding it all a little much. She is floppy and there is much panting. Here she is with her homies…hot dogs. Last week we were volunteers at the very cutting edge MIX conference here at Corsham Court. I had volunteered last year when I first arrived in Corsham and it helped me figure out the layout of the campus. Not that […]