David's blog

While on a trip to shrewsbury last week I was struggling on the train to find my ticket and the cards in my wallet all fell out somehow I picked them up and thought I had got them all, I found out today I hadn't, the card I use to pay the rent was missing from my wallet when I was going to pay the rent in shop today I have since ordered another one and paid this weeks rent over the phone. I am glad it was the rent one that I lost and not any of the others as it would be a  bit more of hastle to cancel bank cards etc I guess it would have been ok to loose the council tax one too. When coming home on the bus today someone got on and used their pass and asked if another person could go on the bus with them, the pass allows two to travel for free, the other person was not going with the passholder to their destination though, the driver let them get on, I don't the person using the pass understands the other free pass on their pass is for their assistant or maybe they do and they a

There is talk that they are closing down one of the local swimming pools the in Harlech.  I remember this one being built and my father use to take us every sunday morning swimming and he even paid for private swimming lessons there, it will be sad if it closes, people will always need to learn to swim just because they want to go and swim in places which is deeper than their waste and its good exercise and they save people's lives.  Its especially strange that the pool is closing now when a local girl has just gone to the olympics, this has nto happened before and if they keep closing swimming pools round here it is unlikely to happen again. There was meeting at the pool yesterday regarding its future I was not able to go as I don't drive and public transport is poor round here, I hope something gets done I passed the pool the other day around early evening and there was no light in it it was sad as usually if it was open and running properly it would be used to, it is not jus

  So they are thinking. about means testing the benefits for disabled people. This solution. is not going to help improve things  for the disabled people. What should be the aim of governments? really? But obviously this government is not interested in helping the disabled. No more than the other rubbish government was willing to have. disabled people. Though I suppose they did introduce the person. independence payment. Which amounted to The previous DLA? but it was a very stressful process to. apply for it. Very difficult. I have realised this more as well by trying to help somebody else get. the benefits. She's finding it hard going. but helping her has helped me not be so anxious about the process I was really all you can do is fill in the form and just hope that. you filled it in properly and that they grant you the benefit, If they don't grant it then many disabled people will struggle which should not be the case really, its not the fault of the disable person that they