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As I have stated before in this blog, I got this blind cricket taster day set up, a couple of weeks ago, and it was at Colwyn Bay cricket club, I had not been there before, but I had passed it a couple of times, on the bus.  Anyway, when I got to Colwyn Bay, I was not too sure where to get off, the bus, which stop, I should get off at, I got on the number 12 service and the guy who was driving it, said that I should look out for the name of a certain stop, to get off, so I did this and, low and behold, I got off right outside the cricket ground.   If I am trying to get visually impaired people to get to this ground, this bus will be ideal, as it comes from a long way across north Wales, Rhyl I think, so VI people just need to get to the bus stop then the bus will take them to the ground and and tell them where to get off, which is really cool, and quite considerate towards VI people, the bus is also free if you have a disability. The number 12 service is also very regular, which hand

I received another communication today, regarding the blind cricket project, it was from the people who came from the Blind veterans, they said they enjoyed the time at the session, and will ask if its ok to hold another one at their place.  It will be on a weekend and therefore it will give other's more opportunity to come along, that's if its ok with the people who run the place, I guess.  I was surprised the person answered to so quickly but I guess they know me now so maybe that was it. I also received some correspondence regarding my college course which is suppose to start in a couple of weeks and apparently go on for 2 years but according to the letter it is only lasting just under 3 months, I don't know if this is an error but I guess I will find out soon enough.  The first day is a marathon, from 9 until 6 in the evening, that is a long one, hopefully I will get a chance to learn a fair bit though.

It has been a week, since the cricket taster day, and it seems to have gone a bit quiet, maybe I need to push a little more, so I have contacted a person at the blind vets about doing another taster session on a weekend this time, in hope that more might come along to session, and I would be a bit closer to getting a team to play a game in the near future. I have been nominated for that ice bucket challenge, I don't mind doing it but would prefer it, if I had a cameraman to do the video, it would be fun to be able to nominate someone else to do it.  I saw a couple doing it in the village, I was a bit anxious that it had reached here and that I might get nominated.

I decided to go for a swim and a sauna today, I find the sauna quite relaxing, but when I got to the sports centre and went to the changing room I was not relaxed, I had forgotten to bring a towel, so what do I do, go back out and get my money back or carry on, I could not be bothered to go and get my money back as it would have involved I paid by card, so I guess stupidly, some would say I carried on, but with the intention of not getting too wet, so I went to the sauna which of course has dry heat in it, and therefore I would not get too wet, if at all, In the sauna I came across a towel, I thought to myself I would borrow that, for some reason there are a lot of clothes left in that sauna, I guess, its used as a drying room.  Its not a great sauna really, the door does not close properly  so the heat escapes, I guess in winter the sauna is not warm at all.   I then went to the steam room and got pretty wet, but I guess I had a towel at this point, so I was ok, it wasn't mine b

Well its one of those dreary boring bank holidays again today, thank god its the last one for a few months.  Its just  like another sunday, no buses no shops, no one around they are the pits. It has been a good weekend though.  In the village, there has a been a beer festival, with some music thrown in, there was a variation of people taking part from bands, old bands new bands, to young people singing on their own.  It all took place in the local community pub, it was nice to see the village with some life in it for a change as its pretty dead here most of the time it seems to me. It is only August and this dump I live in feels pretty cold today, and with the price of utilities going up and up, its going to be a long horrible winter I guess. I am still thinking about the blind cricket session I had the other day, in hindsight, now I guess I was a bit naive, there is no history of blind cricket in north Wales, so to set some thing up is going to need educating of the people who m

Today was the day I had arranged a blind cricket taster session at Colwyn Bay cricket club, I was a bit apprehensive about how many would turn, and I was right to be apprehensive as not many did turn and some were even duped, in a nice way, to attend.  The bus was late as usual, so I was panicing a bit, but one did eventually turn up and got me to the train station, I was not sure how to get to the cricket ground really, I had never been there before, anyway I got to Llandudno Junction and decided to get off there and get the bus to Colwyn Bay, but there was no bus it turned out so I then got the train there and then a bus to the ground, there seemed to be no one there when I got there so I went for a walk to the shop, I went back after being to the shop and there seemed to be a few people around, and that's how it stayed, just a few people, the development officer a very nice chap, said he did not expect that many to be there anyway, I am disappointed, as I put a fair bit of eff

I did not go for the Wednesday sauna today, as I missed the bus, to Porthmadog, I was not bothered about going there really as I was there yesterday. I guess I can go tomorrow morning instead. I have been trying instead to get to grips with this recording equipment, its not easy I can record but I am not too happy about the sound that I get I am not too sure if that's because I not hearing the play back through speakers and only through headphones, its maybe my equipment I don't know, its hard to know what's what, I guess I will see how it goes with it

Well its the day after the disappointment of yesterday.  I am a bit gutted I didn't get the job, but on reflection I guess if your face does not fit it does not fit. Well I think I have told most people now of the change of time for the cricket session, just need to now see if I can drum up some more support for it in the meantime, I am not sure where to go and find these people who might be interested, but I got a good piece of advice about putting my phone number on the poster, which I have done. I think its word of mouth that will get the message out there, as long I get about half a dozen interested in playing it will be ok, I can use simulation glasses for fully sighted people who can they simulate the eye conditions which are around, and make for a bit of fun I guess.  I think it could be a good way to raise some money and have some fun with other groups in the community. I have looked at the weather forecast for next week but I guess there is not much point as they don

I am trying to arrange the above event, its proving more difficult than I thought and there have been moments, where I regretted starting the thing.  I thought I had the day and time all worked out but the coach told me he could not make the time, I had told a few people of the day and time, I should have checked with the officer first really of course but I guess I was hoping it was going to be ok, I guess things are not arranged by hope.  Anyway I have a time and date now just hope the fact that I have to ring these people who I had told again does not piss them off and they still decide to come. I have not managed to tell everyone today I feel pretty lousy as I have been refused a job, I guess these things happen but they are a drag to be honest, especially when I have not bothered for a while and when I do I get rejected, its tough, I had an inkling that my face did not fit, but I guess I was anxious about the job and was not too sure if I wanted it, but the opportunities come an

I had an interview this morning for a job in the council call centre, it was more involved than I had thought, but maybe if I had thought a bit more I could have guessed there was going to be some testing involved, I did some psychometric test, not sure what one of them is and I did an email test and phone test, I made a basic error on the phone test I forgot to take down the persons details but then again I guess I could have been forgiven, as I already had them there,  I guess the test was more in relation to the protocol, the way of doing things but I was also nerves. One of the ladies who was attending to me was very considerate to my needs, as I have a sight problem she took it on herself to make the print bigger, I was very grateful for this and if I had seen her on the way out I would have thanked her again, but the main interview was in another room.  I now have to wait for the reply, my gut feeling is that I will not have got it, I tried every trick really, I told them I cou

I went to an exhibition today, which was about the first world war, it mainly seemed to be full of photos of men from my home village who had fallen in the great war, they were all young obviously not ravaged by time.  It was a bit sad to think that so many young men from the place where I grew up were killed, it had their names and the names of where they lived, the names of houses and streets are the same today Sometimes you feel the outside world does not affect what happens here, but I guess it must do as it dragged a load of the young men here into the conflict which was going on at that time, I am not sure I agree with them going to fight, but that is neither here nor there, the fact is they did and that was what was going on at that time. My grandfather was in the first world war, but he was lucky enough to survive, even though he did leave his calf muscle over there in wherever he was, it must have been hell for him really and I guess I will never know what he saw there, al

Well I bought this audio interface yesterday to do some recording on my computer, it seems to produce an ok sound.  Last night though, I broke it, by mistake, there were so many cables that I pulled on and it interface ended up on the floor, now its quite a solid unit, so I thought it was would be ok but by landing on the carpet it must have done some thing to the front of the unit and now some of the switches are stiff and I can't work the phantom power switch without using something to pull it back out again, which is a pain.  Baring in mind I brought this in from america on ebay, I can't really return the thing, well not without incurring really big postage costs anyway and a big repair bill I guess so I am stuck with this not very perfect interface, it did not fall from a height really, I guess the robust exterior flatters to deceive. The thing does work but its the problem with the phantom power that is most annoying but like I say I am stuck with it now, I only had it