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Mama. Rain walks. Running. Cycling. Happen to be blind. Pink cane. All views are my own

North West, England
Joined March 2014
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Kelly
14 hours
I’m 48 and #blind. I was so excited about @Meta @ray_ban smart glasses — but they don’t fit. I wear youth-size frames, and these are too big. Accessibility means wearability. Please make smaller sizes so blind users like me can benefit too. #Accessibility #SmartGlasses
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4 days
Even on holiday in #Majorca we found a race to enter. A little 7k at 9pm around Pollensa. It was HOT but we loved it!. #Blind #BlindRunner #GuideRunner #Running
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8 days
Love colour coordinating my canes with my outfits. The blue cane was definitely the perfect match for tonight 💙. Colour matters even when you can’t see. #Blind #Colour #Blue #ColourCoordinate
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9 days
I’m blind & I’ve ALWAYS worked. But, life without sight is a challenge. #RachelReeves has not shown one bit of understanding towards #disabled people, so I personally find it difficult to feel sorry for any tears she may have cried at PMQ’s today. I couldn’t see them anyway!.
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11 days
Below is the sum total of passenger assist support I received at @LPL_Airport . We booked assistance so I could get help navigating through security, but all I was provided with was this leaflet 👇. Come on guys, do better! . #Blind #BlindTravels #Airport #Liverpool
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Kelly
11 days
Crossing a road today, using my cane (because I can’t see) and the driver, who I could hear had slowed down, yells out of his window ‘I’m flashing my lights at you to cross’ . Me ‘thanks but I’m blind I can’t see your lights’. Like, how did he not know this? 🤔
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2 months
Today feels like a ‘green cane’ kind of day. It matches my dress! It’s also important to raise awareness of coloured canes. For too long #blind and #PartiallySighted have been ‘given’ a white cane. Now it’s all about choice. Colour matters even when you can’t see 💚
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Kelly
2 months
This morning I completed my first ever Duathlon, guided (and tandem piloted) by Mike. 10km run ✅.40km cycle ✅.5km run ✅. It was a brilliant event and really well organised by @EpicEventsLTD . #Duathlon #Blind #BlindRunner #Guiderunner #cycling
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Kelly
2 months
Wow @mattgoss on the #OneShow was absolutely amazing 👏. Can’t stop listening to this . #NotForgotten #MattGoss #veday2025 #VEDay80
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Kelly
2 months
This morning at @Southportpkrun it was Mike’s 250th #parkrun and pretty much all of them he has done as my #guiderunner. Mike is a MUCH quicker runner than me but almost every Saturday morning he is at my side, running at my pace and I absolutely love him for it 💕. #BlindRunner
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Kelly
2 months
Are you #blind or #PartiallySighted and not confident about train travel?. If so, why not join us for our ‘Try the Train’ event on 5 June, meeting Preston train station at 10am. Follow the link below for more info & to register your place .
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3 months
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3 months
What a great start to the weekend…. Absolutely brilliant to see @mattgoss in #Liverpool last night (what an amazing voice!)). Followed by my quickest #parkrun in a long time (24:14). #Blind #BlindRunner #GuideRunner
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Kelly
4 months
Good chat and laughs with @JDonOfficial ahead of his show in #Liverpool tonight!. I think he took a liking to my pink cane 💕. #blind #cane #pink
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4 months
A lovely morning at #Preston parkrun for us this morning (despite running up the very steep hill three times!) . And so nice to run in the sunshine. #Blind #BlindRunner #GuideRunner #parkrun
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5 months
Can’t stop listening to this ‘We Are Not Broken’. What an amazing voice @mattgoss
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Kelly
5 months
Every year this story pops up & I’ll never lose my love for it 💕. 25 years ago as a journalist I interviewed this guy…. Clearing out his house to move in with me he found the cutting. We never realised we’d previously spoken - he later became my guide runner & now husband
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6 months
Little bit of #parkrun tourism for us this morning @ormskirkparkrun . #Blind #BlindRunner #GuideRunner
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Kelly
6 months
Nice little trip to #StrawberryField in #Liverpool today and of course it had to be a ‘red cane’ day to match the iconic red gates!. #Blind #RedCane #StrawberryFields #JohnLennon #Imagine
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6 months
Today our #GreaterManchester @SLCouncils visited @HWOldham to deliver a vision awareness session to members of their team. We’re looking forward to continuing this work to increase their understanding of the barriers faced by #Blind & #PartiallySighted people in #health settings
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