Category: Cars

• Van life: Can this blind petrol head really be happy in the slow lane?

  

  If someone had told me 6 months ago that I would be sat outside my 20+ year-old camper van at 8 o’clock on a rainy Sunday morning in early Spring looking out at the Brecon Beacons. I’d have laughed in their face. But, here I am, pen in hand, legs wrapped in a blanket and…

  Chris Owen

  15th Apr 2023

  Accessibility, Cars, Disability, Family, mental health, Post library, Transport

  Accessibility, Assistance, Blind, Disability, Driving, Family, mental health, Passenger Assistance, Severely Sight Impaired, Transport

• Cracked leather and straight sixes, a boyhood dream

  

  Originally written during a summer holiday, this is one of my favourite pieces talking about the impact of being told I no longer had the vision to be able to drive First published: 23 August 2021 It’s a sunny Sunday evening in mid-summer and I’m sat with my brother-in-law outside the village pub just down…

  Chris Owen

  2nd Apr 2022

  Cars, Cone Dystrophy, Post library

  Classic cars, Driving, Family, mental health, Sight Impaired