Be seen to be green

In today's suddenly and some would say, belatedly, green world and in the throes of the CRUNCH, the travel industry is being hit doubly hard, except in the indigenous (non-flying) holiday markets. 

On the one hand people are being told that not flying is the best way to reduce their carbon footprint, on the other they can't afford to fly and their pound no longer packs the punch it used to in foreign climes. 

So get green! Being green, if it truly is is good because it helps slow the harm we are doing to our planet, should save you money, and looks great from a Travel Marketing point of view. Make sure any claims you make can be backed up though otherwise this will be one case where bad publicity IS bad publicity.

Obviously push holidays at home or that don't involve flying, use carbon offsetting, plant trees, develop carbon neutral resorts, more holistically think about and work towards sustainable economics, back to the old days in many ways.

These are challenging times for everyone and how we adapt to them is vitally important. The holiday industry can in some ways lead the way and provide a sustainable way to unwind after all the hard work ahead of us.

Busy weekend

Well. That was hectic.

WAN way forward meeting, very productive. Then then Kinetica carnival workshops at college, excellent. Luckily just round the corner from me but still quite a hassle to get up, washed, do my exercises and get wheeled there for 10:30. Pretty tricky staying comfy for extended periods but worth the effort.

Physio today. Got some new exercises for muscles I didn't realise I had. He agreed that a fall could mean losing my leg and obviously minimising risk is a key factor for the coming year or two. On a normal crutch for my left arm now too, which is nice.

Round to mine after physio. I'll be living here full time again at the end of the month. Need to get my bed lowered and community physio are hopefully going to help out with some mods (ramp, rails, extra crutches etc.) Quite a lot to sort really. Definitely need a scooter too otherwise I'll only be able to get off Chapelhay independently on crutches, which somewhat limits my speed/range. Not sure where I'll park it though...

Darren picked me up after physio, glorious day again got me back to Chavelhay in time to meet Dean from Warm Front, who says I'm elegible for up to 2700GBP of new heating, which is nice...

So yeah. All go this cripple malarcky, best go have a look at my room...