Getting back up: Finding something

So about sailing…. Why would somebody who is paralysed, who can’t control their temperature, who broke their neck in water, and who floats the wrong way up; even consider sailing as a hobby or sport? My beginnings into the world of sailing weren’t brilliant. The first time after my accident………………………………….

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Handle With Care

A new relationship is always exciting; the excitement of discovery, the bliss of love, the newness of learning about each other; it was all that, and more!   But my new relationship came with a whole world of other stuff which would have a massive impact on our lovely new-ness.  Becoming………………………………….

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Getting back up: The start

Ski kart

Despite having very little function or sensation, bizarrely I didn’t consider myself disabled; I didn’t feel any different inside.  For a few years I resisted getting involved with groups of people with disabilities, I think I had a certain perception of how it would be and how I would be………………………………….

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Climb Any Mountain

If this is your first visit to my blog, you might want to start at the very beginning And if you would like to read David’s side of the story, then click here Here we go with post #2! I did have doubts about it all; I’d be lying if………………………………….

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