June 2012

Spanish Adventure Part 3

Submitted by Phil on 7th Jun 2012 - 15:15

There is something rather magical about writing a blog while sitting on a campsite high in the Picos Mountains in northern Spain.

If you’ve read the other blogs you’ll know that we’ve spent the last three weeks touring Spain’s northern coast travelling west as far as Candas and then moving south as far as Zamora. We then travelled north through Leon up into the Picos Mountains. We’ve covered around two thousand miles and had a great time.

As we are about to return home I thought I’d try to pull together some thoughts about the trip.

Impact of Govt policies, Councils behaving like ostriches, TfL step-free budget £zero, ‘cruelty’ of ‘fitness for work’ rules, ‘Straw Wars’ campaign

Submitted by Phil on 18th Jun 2012 - 12:12

So the holiday is over and it's back to some kind of reality. Piles of post, mostly junk, plenty of emails despite my EA's best efforts. Lots of magazines to read, bills to pay and all sorts of other domestic trivia. One bright moment was discovering that our Olympic and Paralympics tickets had arrived. Now that the Olympics have become a reality in our house I'm having to focus on how we are going to get to all the venues using public transport.

Car industry warning, 100 disabled volunteers, Sir Bert warning, Nicklinson potential disaster, Mental Health proposed changes, DLA support, Lazy journalists

Submitted by Phil on 25th Jun 2012 - 13:13

Another week underway. England out of the Euro’s, Andy Murray losing it on grass, Duane Chambers not quick enough, I’m pinning all my hopes on Bradley Wiggin in the Tour de France!