the conference in manchester

[james mckinlay]

hi just wondering if the forms for the conference are available or how do i book a place im coming from scotland and dont want to book travel incase there are no places left.

thanks

james

[Anne Klepacz]

Hi James,
Good to see you here again! We're still finalising details of the conference, so booking forms haven't gone out to members yet. I hope to get them out in mid April, which I hope will still give people enough time to make travel arrangements if they're coming from a distance.
So please bear with us!
Anne

[space_cadet]

manc isfairly easy for me to get to, dependant on where I may eve bring ickle spacey one x

[james mckinlay]

hi anne thanks for reply.

i was wondering if it would be a good idea to book my train travel now as it is les sthan £50 return for me and i would be travelling down to manchester from glasgow.

and with my white stick i need to give national rail notice when i book my journey for assistance to the platform at glasgow and back from manchester.

i understand if it is not possible to reserve a space right now. if not i could just make a day of it in manchester.

thanks again

and sorry for being a pest

james

[space_cadet]

hi James as a fellow VIP it bugs me when train stations tell people to book assistence, I did some mystery shopping for national rail whilst pregnant and it is a MYTH that we need to book assistence, best advice is to get to the station 30min before your planned train n find the assistence people, if they have a go at you for not booking simply point out as a disabled person you have as much right to independant travel as the next person you just require a lil help to ensure you are on the right train. It is unacceptable to expect a disabled person to forward plan their travels as makes being disabled incredibly disabling to have to plan ahead of time where n when you will be somewher,

feel free to message me if you need anything
Lea x

[james mckinlay]

hi space cadet

thankyou for your input.

its good to know that im not the only one that has hassle from trainstation staff when assistance isnt booked in advance.

last time i just asked for the platform number as i can normally find my way to the correct platform however this time coming home from a concert i was told yeah thats your train only to hear on the train that it wasnt mines.

because i dont have a guide dog and i wear glasses i sometimes wonder if they think its just a redesigned walking stick i use lol.

i am fairly flexible and fit i would love to use my old kickboxing legs and jump the ticket gate though i would end up on my behind with my astigmatism lol.