Fantastic Day!!!!

What a super day it was today, at Hillsborough!!! The first of many hopefully:) But talk about in at the deep end!! No one had booked in for the first slot 10-11, and I had just received a text from a young survivor of brain damage. Saying she wasn't going to make it :( When in through the door burst 9 young folk from an 'inclusive school', and their very competent teachers (3) Fred and Nick sorted the cycles, and the forms , I kinda made everyone welcome, and found them a helmet. We walked down to the courts, as appose to riding. Once there, we matched people up to bikes depending on ability. I walked next to a blind young lady, with the teacher on the other side. This person was usually confined to a wheelchair in a dark exclusive world, and here she was with very little help from us cycling for the first time, on Gretal actually!! This was amazing to witness, and I was glad I could play a little part.

Meanwhile the others chose their cycles, I let this chap borrow Ziggy, and he was off. They loved it!!! An hour passed and they said they would like to return next week at 10 :)

We were putting the cycles back, and another 4 peeps, had come for a ride. Not really knowing any ones history, or capabilities. We grabbed a mixture of cycles and went back to the court, to mix and match. Only 2 of them were actually wanting to try our wonderful cycles. And we soon sorted them. On our return to the cycle bunker, a young man approached saying 'Ahh this must be Ziggy?' he said pointing at my cycle. :) I smiled, he had read this blog, it's great!!! I asked him if he wanted a go? He accepted, and was amazed at how easy she was to ride. I was soooo proud :) He introduced himself, and said he'd actually picked up some information about today from the Brain Injury Awareness Day, last week. But I hadn't met him because I'd been off somewhere gossiping - ooops!! I offered to make him a cuppa, because I wanted one really.

Back at the Park Keepers lodge, where the kettle is (lets get priorities right). We bumped into Andy, a chap Steve (CTC) and I had met at 'Flourish', he had been very impressed with Ziggy then, and had come to Hillsborough to have a go on the cycles. Anyway, I introduced him to Fred, and Fred, being the lovely kind friendly person that he is. Hit it off with him and whilst I did tag along, I really wasn't needed. So I made my excuses and left at about 2. Feeling thoroughly knackered!!

I really enjoyed cycling, and enabling others to cycle today. It was fab!!!