Last of my summer blindsimming outings. 21/10/2015

You may be relieved to read the last of my 'summer' blindsimming outings– great fun for me but I won't be surprised if you are all bored with it! I'll think up something different in future, suggestions, questions etc would be most helpful.

Last Thursday was indeed a nice day at last, lots of rainy days over previous week or so, but fine weather promised.

I left home soon after Husband had gone off to London as usual. Caught train to starting point again as usual. Then all as I described a couple of blogs ago for my unaccompanied blindsimming outing, (August 2015). Off the bus and walked, blind all the time since before I got on the bus, to the reservoir and after picnic lunch, back to the bus stop and onwards.

As before then, Chris met me (still blind) off the bus at the bus terminus. He had done some local research and was very pleased with the results, so that next time I can continue blindsimming in my totally blacked-out glasses when I arrive there - by myself.

From the bus terminus in the centre of the town, a town circular bus runs from there to the pier adjacent to the beach, from there onwards to the railway station and then back to the bus terminus. All I have to do, having got off the bus from my bird-watching trip, is to walk along the pavement to the very next bus shelter and make sure, by asking (at which I'm quite good these days) that I get on the correct bus, take the short ride to the stop by the pier. The pier had a disastrous fire last year destroying all the buildings on the pier. These are now being rebuilt and meantime one can walk along the pier quite safely – even for blind people!

Later on, I can catch the bus on the same route at the same stop, and go on to the railway station. Then, worse luck! I have to become sighted at make my way home by train.

We did all this as a trial run. In future, as always, if I get into difficulties, I can always just remove my blinding glasses. Unlikely to happen, I can assure you. I'm going to try it out as soon as the opportunity arises.

Jane