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What a place the world would be if wvery single pe

What a place the world would be if wvery single pedestrian crossing had accessible audio, tactile and visual elements
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#Accessibility #VisualImpairment #travelling #PedestrianCrossing #Audio #Visual #Tactile

New blog post now live!! This is the last one for

New blog post now live!!

This is the last one for a couple of weeks as we take a holiday from our holiday to return to Dublin for a couple of weeks.

This post chats through our latest travels through Rotterdam, Utrecht, Leiden and Amsterdam. We've also spent a lot of time with some furry friends in a cat cafe and pet sitting.

Also, this is a picture of a building that was used in the making of Harry Potter 💙

Link in bio to read! 💟

THIS IS NOT OK. I try to keep things as positive

THIS IS NOT OK.

I try to keep things as positive as I can - showing good examples of accessibility but this enraged me today.

This is a picture of a small car park directly across tactile paving on a footpath. It's not even near a kerb or a parking spot. It should not be there for many reasons.

There are so many things I could say about this. Its illegally parked. Its disrespectful. Its ignorant and it just shows a blatant disregard for some of the most vulnerable people in our society. It is cluttering the pedestrian path and is covering up an essential piece of accessibility paving that some people need to get from A to B.

This is not OK.

I will happily stand corrected if I have missed something here and have gotten the wrong end of the stick, or this was parked due to an emergency and will be moved ASAP (still not OK).

Use your gift of full sight and a drivers license to find a parking spot. Stop making life even more difficult for those who do not have those gifts.

3 things I can't see due to my Visual Impairment t

3 things I can't see due to my Visual Impairment that most fully sighted people can.

1. The rain - I can hear it but can't see it
2. My leg hair - I have to shave my feeling alone
3. My toenails - painting them is near impossible!
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#VisualImpairment #Accessibility #CantSee #VIGirlProblems #rain #VanLife #travelling

NEW blog post! This week its getting a bit persona

NEW blog post! This week its getting a bit personal as I write about the three most common missconeptipsn I've come up against due to having a visual impairment.

I'll admit - I'm a bit nervous about posting this one. Not sure why? I suppose I hope people don't take it the wrong way.

Anyway, I'm going to post this and then put my phone away. Like the old days when you'd send a text to someone you fancied threw your phone away from you (onto a soft landing)

Check out the link in my bio to read the post 💟

The Netherlands 🇳🇱 weeks 1 and 2. I'll have

The Netherlands 🇳🇱 weeks 1 and 2. I'll have to be removed kicking and screaming from this beautiful country 🧡
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#TheNetherlands #TravelBlog #VanLife #Travel #sunset #windmill #bicycle #submarine #goats

NEW blog post now up on www.lifeintheblurrylane.co

NEW blog post now up on www.lifeintheblurrylane.com

This week its the latest installment of our travel itinerary and campsite reviews including @pukkelpop 2022, Valkenswaard and Burgh Haamstede

Click the link in bio to read about my first music festival, sharing a pitch with 200 college students and eating pancakes from a windmill!

There's a storm a brewing here #lightening #stor

There's a storm a brewing here

#lightening #storm #netherlands #VanLife

Avoiding the sun at all costs here in Rotterdam

Avoiding the sun at all costs here in Rotterdam

@stadscampingrotterdam

#TellMeYoureIrishWithoutTellingMeYoureIrish
#Rotterdam
#Sunshine #VanLife #TravelBlog #Travel #Campervan

Bye bye @deduinhoeve! We had a fab few days in a s

Bye bye @deduinhoeve! We had a fab few days in a super accessible campsite. Automatic doors into the sanitary blocks, good signs on the doors and very flat (mostly, I did trip up an indoor step). Great staff too!

There could be more directional signs and signs on the outside of the sanitary blocks but otherwise, it eas very easy to get around.

Now, off to Rotterdam to try (again) to fill up the gas.

Photo 1 is our pitch, photo 2 is the sanitary blocks and photo 3 is the toilet door signs

I'd like to go back in time please to relive #pkp2

I'd like to go back in time please to relive #pkp22. Ta v much

#pukkelpop #MusicFestival #Weekend #Glotter #VanLife #TravelBlog #TravelBug

New blog post! We recently visited Marburg in Germ

New blog post! We recently visited Marburg in Germany, which is a city adapted to make life as easy as possible for those who are blind or vision impaired.

It was amazing to see and I think I had goosebumps for the entire time we were there.

Link in bio to read 💟

That's a wrap for my first ever music festival @pu

That's a wrap for my first ever music festival @pukkelpop 2022 in Belgium. An amazing few days with great music (@auroramusic was incredible), great company and yummy food.

Some accessibility thoughts on the event;
✅️ Pre registering for additional accommodations gives great peace of mind
✅️ the accessibility volunteers are the event were excellent
✅️ they had a good range of additional services available
❌️ all acts should have a giant screen just dedicated to the stage or the act, rather than other content. This would hugely help short visually impaired people like me to see the whole act. You can see the difference it makes in the pictures above
❌️ a big towbar was a significant trip hazard for those with and without vision loss
❌️ some steps were not marked properly
❌️ other festival goers sitting on the ground, in the dark, in the middle of the crowd (WHY?). There were a number of times I nearly fell over them while moving through a crowd

A fantastic experience overall. I'm now off to mourn from the biggest loss of the weekend- my right earbud 💔

💜 Marburg 💜 it was so hard to leave this bea

💜 Marburg 💜 it was so hard to leave this beautiful little city. Hands down the most accessible place we've been with talking bus stops, good steps, tactile signs and lots of tactile paving @marburgtourismus

But most profoundly was how it made me feel - included, thought about, cared for, normal, accepted, even honoured!

Never have I felt that from a place before. From people yes, but not a place. Imagine what the world would be like if we made people feel like this no matter where they are.

And it can be so simple to do! If you're ordering a sign, get it two font sizes bigger, get a tactile version done, have a braille and large font version of your menu, retro fit beacons and tactile paving to existing bus stops, get help to create an accessible website. Even if its one step you take, you can have huge affect on someone's experience.

If you're unsure where to start @ncbi_sightloss have a wealth of information and excellent advisory services.

Now, on to another wonderfully accessible event @pukkelpop p

NEW blog post! I've spent a good bit of time explo

NEW blog post! I've spent a good bit of time exploring places alone lately, so I thought I'd share how I do it safely and enjoyably!

There is such freedom in doing things alone but it can be daunting when it's a new country with a language barrier.

Link in bio to find out how I overcome this.

#Accessibility
Image description - Aoife is walking along a road with green fields on either side. The sky in the distances is glowing orange with the sunset. The outline of trees can also be seen on the background. Aoife is wearing grey trousers, a black jumper and white runners

I don't want to leave Marburg! Such a beautiful to

I don't want to leave Marburg! Such a beautiful town, so accessible and well thought out. I have never been somewhere that is so welcoming and accommodating for people with visual impairments
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@marburgtourismus
#Accessibility #VisualImpairment #Travel #TravelBlog #Marburg #Germany #marburg800

Out van conversion has been a real journey of long

Out van conversion has been a real journey of long nights, big decisions, hard work and of course, lots of love. 💜

Here's a super quick transformation video from courier van to tiny home, which we now and live and travel Europe in
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#ConvertedVan #VanLife #travelling #TravelBlog #travel #VanGirlSummer #CamperVan #Europe #conversion

Wild camping sunset in Altrhein on the banks of th

Wild camping sunset in Altrhein on the banks of the Rhine
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#sunset #Germany #rhine #VanLife #travelling #TravelBlog #Accessibility #riverside #dusk #campervan #ConverterCouple

Van Girl Summer all year long please . . . #VanLi

Van Girl Summer all year long please
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#VanLife #Travelling #TravelBlog #CamperVan #VanGirlSummer #ForUou

A highlight from #Zurich – floating down the #Rive

A highlight from #Zurich - floating down the #RiverLimmat.
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#Float #Pineapple #TravelBlog #VanLife #Travel #sunshine #Zurich #switzerland #foryou #river #BlueSky #legs

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