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Snookered.

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So… Before I go into a longwinded story as to why I disappeared for abit… I shall share with you a tale that was told to me yesterday by my buddy.

Every second Monday, a load of us blindy people attend a pub to get together a good night out. Mixed age group. Lovely people. Beer, laughs, putting world to rights.

Richard, who is the god of organisation, helping out, solving problems and putting people together within the sight loss community, organises the taxis/minibus so we all can get there safely.

“Off to play snooker?” Taxi driver says to him when he’s gets in.

“No” says Rich, after a slight puzzled delay.

Maybe the taxi driver began to realise after picking up an assortment of blind people of varying degrees. Some with dogs, some with canes, some with nothing (i.e me), that Richards ‘snooker cue’ was actually a white cane to help him get around.

Awkward…

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Fundraising calendar winner!

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I’ve visited Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria several times now and a few weeks ago I took this photograph below. I’m getting better at concentrating and taking my time at taking good photographs, instead of just tapping away.

Photograph of Buttermere Lake with mountains behind and sun Ray shining down
PICTURE DESCRIPTION Picture of Buttermere with mountains behind and sun Ray shining down.

So when I heard about Stargardt’s Connected photography competition for people with Stargardts Disease, I sent it off and I won a place in their 2023 calendar to raise money for their continued awareness and raising money to research a cure for our condition.

The calendar is on sale now if you wish to help this brilliant cause. Link for this is below.

Link to Stargardt’s Connected Web page

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UK National Eye Health Week 2022

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19th to the 25th of September 2022.

This awareness week for eye care is to encourage more people to have regular sight tests and make lifestyle choices that benefit their vision and general wellbeing.

Please go for an eye test.

There is so much more than opticians just giving you glasses to read or for distance.

They can detect eye problems early that could be prevented or treated. More serious conditions can also be discovered by the advancement and availability of the latest scanning or retinal photography in some branches.

In the past you could only be offered these things in hospital eye clinics or centres.

Your eyesight will be slightly different in each eye at the very least, so seeing an optician will help correct any problems individually with a made to measure prescription.

My own condition was seen at just a normal check up by an Asda optician. Who then referred me to the Eye Centre for further investigation.

Cartoon depiction of myself looking at an eye test on the wall. With One Vision written on it.
PICTURE DESCRIPTION Cartoon depiction of myself looking at an eye test on the wall. With One Vision written on it.