Chronic illness – Gwenfar's Garden and other musings

A smiling white person on a tramper mobility scooter, along a stony path, surrounded by lots of fresh green spring growth of ferns and young tree leaves. There is a fast moving stream with trees along it's shore, to the left.

Tramping about: accessing nature

14 May 202413 May 2024

I had plans. I had so many plans. I wanted to visit the gardens of Iran. Soak up the history and culture of Morocco. Travel to the Caucasus on an alpine plant holiday of discovery. I wanted to finally be …

Early August. An overview of one of the lakes with the camera looking into the sun. There are reeds and grasses, with the light catching the tips of the grass flowers which look kind of red and glowing. The sky is blue interspersed with clouds.

Postcards from Penarth: Cosmeston Lakes, August – December 2022

8 April 202324 December 2022

This, is one of the reasons we chose to live in this part of Penarth. Cosmeston Lakes, the path to which is about 5 minutes from our new home. As you can see, there are plenty of paths I can …

Including disabled people in politics

18 February 20227 February 2022

Updated 18th February 2022 Disabled people are often told we are needed in politics and should be more active, but the people saying this never consider what kind of accommodations might be needed to make it possible for us to …

Update 1: Using a heart rate monitor to better manage MECFS (including HRV)

1 February 20231 August 2021

In mid June, I talked about using a heart rate monitor to better manage MECFS. I thought it might be useful to post an update and let you know how it’s going. And I’m adding information about another useful measurement, …

The new garden

16 May 202130 April 2018

At the end of March, Kevin & I finally moved into our new, and hopefully long-term, home and garden. Yay! So this is a bit of an introduction to the new garden. It isn’t much now, but it has potential. …