What does this mean?

If I am able to work out in my last entry that you just click on the Headway Glasgow Newletter to get to the link, am I now entering the official geekhood kingdom.
And what is even sadder is that it is 11pm and Im really enjoying this success.
I do hope to have a similar link every month

At Last

Oooo I think I've got it... yip... wippeee



Headway Glasgow Newsletter

New Addition

Our Headway Newsletter has been added to this blog, which is great, and thanks to the geek who helped me do this.
Another busy day, which saw me in Maryhill- Bath street -Bridgetown- Bath street and back at last to Maryhill and home.
Our sponsored walk is on Thursday when we do the walk from Carbeth to Milngavie( progress will be quite slow, but worth it),. there is going to be about 20 of us and we hope to get a lot of money for Headway's coffers

Forward Planning

I have been busy filling out my diary and calendar for the rest of July and then August.
I had loads to fill in. I feel very lucky to be so busy and it is a real privilege to be involved in the work I do.
I am under no illusions though that I'm indispensable.(Having a RTA and suddenly stopping work was a very fast learning curve for that) So although I love being Chairperson of Headway and GAP (Glasgow access Panel), I am sure someone else could do this just as well, differently maybe, but then I'm not about to leave either, as I enjoy the work too much

Post RTA

Two things I loved doing before my RTA were rock climbing and wind surfing. I no longer have the upper body strength, balance or sight to take part in these activities, but if you are prepared to put your trust in those about you who offer real friendship, be ready to take some risks and make a fool of yourself, you never know what might happen.
Recently up near Cape Wrath with a group of friends and family, we started on a coastal route with the sounds of waves lapping the shore near by. A dreamy day with clear blue skies and scenery you usually only see on a postcard. At first to me with some boulder climbing involved the route seemed impossibly, but I was hauled, pushed and shoved sometimes with 4 people grasping all 4 corners. I was manhandled over the difficult bits, often out of breath I was able to stand on grassy ledges and with sea cliffs below look out to sea and be awed by where I was and the amazing views .
As near to the exhilaration of rock climbing i would ever have, wonderful
A few days later I was offered the chance to go on a Topper, these are tiny wee sailing dinghies, smaller than Wayfarers ( hold 6) tinier than Lasers ( hold 4). I wet suited up, gave over my glasses, donned a life jacket and since these dinghies are very tip-able was prepared for a dunking in cold Scottish loch water.
As we were going to need to tack or jibe ( ‘turn’ in technical nautical terms me hearties) I had to sit on the edge, but quickly slide my whole body over to balance the vessel while not being hit by the boom, which swung over when we changed direction.
We quickly sped when the wind hit our sails and we glided over the water with our bow cutting trough the waves and I heard that familiar noise I used to hear when I wind surfed of gurgling and whooshing sounds, with the wind in my face ( admittedly not able to see a thing) I enjoyed the sensation so much. I dread to think of what I must have looked like as we tacked. I just grabbed the mast and hooked my feet under webbing and did a crab crawl swing thing and we sped off again..Ungainly methods, but looking graceful from the shore no doubt, but with wonderful results for me. Ahhh

A Very Busy Weekend

After a very busy couple of weeks, maybe I thought life would slow down...but nop!
I'm still trying to make time to fill in the details from all my travels, although I have written a piece for our Headway July Newsletter about that, so I may just do a copy/paste job.
A very good friend came down from Aberdeen, this is a friend I went to school with and It is just great to see her,
My daughter and her partner were here and we all went to see the latest Harry Potter film, and it was really enjoyable.
meals, drinks, visits etc...
Here I am late on Sunday night and I have some preparation to do for an AGM on Friday.
Looks like I'm going to be out Monday and Tuesday evening, busy all day Wednesday leaving Thursday to get my head together for the meeting on Friday
Oh what a tangled web I seem to live in.... would I change it?.... certainly not.....

low, Middle and Up

Returning from my travels, I hope I can find time to fill in the details! but not right now!!!
The Low ( meaning geographical, not mood) was going to Coventry and was a very positive experience.
The middle was going to my parents caravan at Colintraive, very different from the weekend, lots of walks and even a swim in sea...brrrrr
The high was going as far North as you can without falling into the water at Cape Wrath, some forced paddling when the sea cut off our return trip along the coast, more soon....

off On A Jolly Weekend

Ten of us at Headway Glasgow are going to 'A Way Ahead' weekend at Warwich University campus near Coventry.
This year is the 30th Anniversary of Headway we decided to call the event ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ as Pearl is ‘30’ in terms of milestones!
So we are off tomorrow on a bus to this event, watch this space for any updates

White Whale

Did you know

Migaloo, the only documented white humpack whale in the world, is drawing a lot of media attention to the Queensland, Australia coastline.

I have tried to add a photo to this blog,success but put 'Migaloo' in GOOGLE or 'White Whale Sighting' to see pictures

And while writing this, I am listening to Leonard Cohen music, care of a friend who gave me loads of CD's... thanks Neill

Just think if you were the only one of your species alive, no mate or similar.... kind of puts any problems you have into perspective Eh....