by Lyndsay | May 1, 2022 | Blog
I had the best week last week. What happened you may well ask. Did I pick the winning lucky lottery numbers? Nope. Did I unearth hidden antiques in the loft among the Xmas decorations and the cobwebs? Nope. Did an ancestry search reveal I am actually descended from...
by Lyndsay | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog
I have secrets. I have secrets you would love to know. I know some secrets of Dragons’ Den I can’t tell, but I am ready to tell some others! I never knew anyone that had been in the Den before I did it, so although I had seen the programme, I didn’t know what to...
by Lyndsay | Mar 4, 2022 | Blog
All the things you ever wanted to know but never dared to ask. About phantom limbs and pain. I’ve got one. Or rather I haven’t got one. You can’t see it, but It’s there. MY LEG OF COURSE! I lost my left leg above the knee in 2010 following a catastrophic MRSA...
by Lyndsay | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog
Instagram isn’t very honest. We all know it, but we still let it pump our heads full of perfect pictures of perfect sexy people living their gorgeous Insta lives. I’m actually jealous of my own profile pictures! I wish I could be bothered with painting that make up...
by Lyndsay | Jan 29, 2022 | Blog
If our paths have crossed you’ll know one thing about me. I am passionate. About this community. About advocacy for equality, visibility and respect for people with all disabilities. About presenting you with excellent quality, beautifully designed handmade...
by Lyndsay | Oct 23, 2021 | Blog
I think one of the most common questions I am asked, apart from how is Team Neo Walkies, is what difference does the shape of the handle make to a Neo Walk stick. Well my friends, give me your ears and allow me to tell you everything. I think the only two things the...
by Lyndsay | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to spend a day in the life of someone else or be a 24 hour fly on someone’s wall? The Queen maybe, or Boris Johnson? Actually Boris can keep what goes on behind his closed doors to himself! How about Tom Cruise then? Get...
by Lyndsay | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog
In a time where our futures seem uncertain, one thing remains for sure. A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. Here are some little things that made me smile this week. Taking Team Neo Walkies to the doggy play park...
by Lyndsay | May 29, 2021 | Blog
Why is it important to use the right length of walking stick? Using a stick can help relieve the pain and fatigue you feel while you are walking, and therefore the pain and fatigue you feel after. It acts as a balancing aid, letting your core muscles...
by Lyndsay | Mar 27, 2021 | Blog
So why do people use and not use mobility aids? The former is for support, and the latter is because of shame. If you live with a disability you no doubt already know how chronic pain can make you feel. It’s exhausting and it’s depressing because it’s never ending. So...
by Lyndsay | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
Satan help us it’s a funny year so far. I never thought I’d use words like pandemic and quarantine in every day life, as easy as I say tea and toilet roll. What the hell has happened? Who knows who you can trust? I can’t watch the news too often, and I can’t have it...
by Lyndsay | Oct 6, 2019 | Blog
You may remember I recently had the great pleasure of filming an episode of BBC Doctors in Birmingham, where I played a bitter arsey amputee. I am still relatively new to the acting thing and was very merrily swept along watching the process and secrets of filming...
by Lyndsay | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog
Dear Booking.com I hope you can give me your full attention while I relieve myself of the anger, humiliation and frustration I have endured today as a result of booking through your website. We booked this room through you on 28/8/19 with a special request notifying...
by Lyndsay | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog
Special orders and special requests. These are things I really enjoy doing, whether it’s a bespoke colour, engraving, unusual shape etc, I love a challenge and a chance to get those creative juices woken up to make something different. I once made a fluorescent...
by Lyndsay | Sep 15, 2019 | Blog
Today I mostly want to rant. I don’t do it often but this is becoming an increasingly large and frequent beef with me and I am 100% certain that a lot of you will agree. PARKING!!! What gives anyone the right to look at me in my car and decide that I don’t...
by Lyndsay | Sep 8, 2019 | Blog
Life is made up of several things I openly confess I could not be without. My list will be different yours. Yours may include gin, your washing machine or a mobile phone. While I love and entertain all of these choices on a daily basis, Maslow’s Hierarchy of...
by Lyndsay | Sep 1, 2019 | Blog
Imagine this if you will. You wake up, yawn, scratch (something) and greet the day. Today is Monday. But imagine this is your last Monday. No more Mondays. You are doing your no mores. Because it all ends on Friday. Whoosh. Curtains. Final call. You’ve got your...
by Lyndsay | Aug 25, 2019 | Blog
Life at Neo Walk like anything else today has the internet at it’s heart. I guess when you’re nurturing a small modern business through it’s growth period, it can sometimes feel like every week is an 8 day week and there’s not enough hours in...
by Lyndsay | Aug 18, 2019 | Blog
So my friends, why walking sticks, why Neo Walk? Well if you had asked me 10 years ago what I wanted to do, I would have said open my own super chic hair salon. I was a newly qualified dreamy eyed hairdresser with visions of big bouncy blow dries and perfect pin-up...
by Lyndsay | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog
This week I want to tell you about the time I died on Salisbury Plain. I also died in Scotland, twice in Norfolk and several times in Birmingham. In fact I died twice in one day in Birmingham. I could have died in Norway too but I gave that one a miss. I’m talking...
by Lyndsay | Aug 4, 2019 | Blog
Take yourselves back to the year 2012. The year Obama was re elected, the year the Mayan calendar ran out of days but the world actually didn’t end, and the year the Queen celebrated 60 years on the throne. Oh yes, and the year I spent 6 months clowning around...
by Lyndsay | Jul 28, 2019 | Blog
I remember several big changes very clearly from when I became ill in 2007. When you’re sat in a wheelchair, strangers feel entitled to talk to you or about you as if you’re stupid. You have to learn to accept help with things you never dreamed you’d...
by Lyndsay | Jul 21, 2019 | Blog
A few years ago we were visiting Dublin en route to a wedding in Belfast. This was during a period when I didn’t wear a shoe on my prosthetic foot, instead opting for nothing except fake tattoos. I found it more comfortable for some reason, although it was much...
by Lyndsay | Jul 14, 2019 | Blog
Somebody once told me never to underestimate the power of the brain. Those billions of nerve cells sparking and coordinating thoughts, emotions, behaviour and sensation. Controlling everything from your heart rate to your mood. So while I believed and marvelled at the...
