David's blog

 I have learnt something new about computer connectivity, I found out yesterday that you can use your mobile as a hotspot to connect your tablet, I am surprised it has taken so long for me to learn this, it will be uselful with the lap top I will be able to use the laptop away from the house wifi. I have recently started to bake cakes, i have learning to in the cooking class and its amazing thta such nice things can be made from the ingredients, there are some interesting techniques in the creative process too, such as making sure the certain combinations are mixed together to the right Consistency. When making a sponge you need to mix the butter and the sugar into a creamy pale mix so that air is put into it so that it's a bit more spongy The teacher did tell me a couple of other things but I forgotten them. I think I have a sweet tooth and that's why I enjoy making cakes I discovered a new cake the other day ginger cake it's a lot easier to make than the other cakes due t...

I went for walk with the local blind society yesterday for the first time in 2 years and it was made possilble by a new scheme which is run by a set up in the next town where they supply a community transport to take people who don't drive places  I had looked at the bus time table and I could not see any bus that was going the way I wanted so I gave the scheme a ring and it was fine thoguh yesterday I saw while on the journey that there was a bus ahead of us which was a bit awkward that I could have caught, I obvioully must have missed it on the time table, going by the transport did save me an hour though that was not really an issue I made a mistake oh well,  I looked to see if there was a bus home there was but the society's bus was going to the next town where I could catch one bus home and did not have to change, though I forgot my walking stick in the bus station sadly so more expenese I hope its not two more years before I can go again yesterday was veery nice the scen...

 There use to be time when I could get the dentist down the road by bus in fact there is bus stop just outside the entrance but not these days unless I want to be walking the cold wet street for an hour before the appointment which is not great, as \I don't really want to be going to the dentist in the first place. I am due to check up so have to go, I did ring up earlier to see if the appointment could be changed, yes it could from the end of this month to the end of April, \i declined that and stuck the original date but it was going to be a pain in the ass if ever there was one.  I then rememberred that there is community transport scheme that has just started, so |I emailed them to ask if \they could help me and they said ok which is great, I will not have to hang around for ages to wait for my appointment It is not eaay to a dentist appointment these days so I guess you have to be careful when dealing with the dentist but the local public transport does not make it easy t...

A young man took his own life last week and his funeral is being held next Friday, I did not know him that well even though he lived in the vlllage and I am not sure what his issues were but he seems to have had long term mental health issuss according to what I can gather. We all know suicide is not the answer to any problem but it still does not stop people doing for whatever reason, I am sad that this young man was not able to get the help he needed, the sad fact is there will another young person doing the same thing in the not too distaat. I think the lockdowns imposed by the devolved government have contributed to the issue of mental health problems in our community and I guess the bad management of the health service and the reduction of moe spent on these services. From what i have read about the subject to suicide the fact that there examples of it in your family can lead it be set as an example to others I don't know enough about the subject for this to be true, I would t...

I few months ago someone mentioned in the pub that they had mental health issues, I was taken aback a bit as I am from a generation that does not talk about mental health in public I guess, well men did not talk about it to other men I guess.  I am glad the chap felt he could talk to me though the alcohol might have helped a little bit I guess, The chap said that some changes had helped his depression or as he called his lack of ability to get out of bed, I was pleased for him but but he told me later that those changes had to be undone so basically he was back in square one, I have not spoken to him about that I am wondering whether to ask now that those changes have been undone what is going to do about it, life is never really straighforward, I am not a close friend but feel I should ask him as obviously he suffers quite a bit with mental health issues which I have also though life. If I can help someone I will though its hard to sometimes I guess   In relation to ment...