
Let’s Become Neo Talkers
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...
Secrets of the Dragons’ Den.
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...
Phantom Phacts.
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...
Instagram Isn’t Honest.
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...
Feel Connected, Represented and Valued.
If our paths have crossed you’ll know one thing about me. I am passionate. About this community. About advocacy for equality, visibility and...
Get a Handle on Handles
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...
A Day in the Life of…
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,...
Smile – it’s free therapy.
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...
It All Measures Up
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...
It’s All a Journey
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...
Surprise Surprise!
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...
I’m ready for my close up
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...
To be read in the voice of Joe Lycett…
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...
With me every step
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...
A short beef
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...
These are a few of my favourite things
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...
Out of time
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...
Hold on, I’m still connecting you
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...
Fancy an Irish coffee…
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...
I deserve a bloody Oscar!
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...
Mum, I’m running away to the circus
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,...
It’s a small world.
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...
Did you hear the one about the one legged blonde…
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,...
Conversations With Myself.
Somebody once told me never to underestimate the power of the brain. Those billions of nerve cells sparking and coordinating thoughts, emotions,...
Footprints in the sand….
Author, Sarah Bush. I was scrolling through my Facebook feed at the hairdresser’s yesterday, and one of the pages I follow shared an announcement...
Skywalker, Bubblegum and a goldfish??
"I have six walking sticks and my favourite the moment is Bubblegum Pink as it gets a lot of people talking to me. My yellow clear one reminds...
Bubbles, bubbles…it must be magic!!
"I am a huge fan of these walking sticks, not because they look so wonderful but because they offer stability and assurance to those of us who need...
Have you ever met someone else with a Neo Walk stick?
Just wondered if anyone else has ever bumped into a fellow Neo Walker? Because I post sticks all over the world I never really get to see anyone...
Neo Walk sticks on Google Street View!
How fantastic is this!! This lady spotted herself on Street Maps in Brighton, stylishly walking with her clear bubbles Neo Walk stick!! So now she...
Paralympic Ceremonies
I can’t believe it’s been almost one year since the Paralympic Ceremonies and those unforgettable, inspiring games.