Nature through the eyes of my camera

Friday 22nd March - Braille Braille was create by a French man, Louis Braille. He lost his sight as a child and later developed a code for the French alphabet. Braille is a system of touch reading and writing for visually impaired people. Raised dots represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, punctuation marks, special symbols etc. Braille consists of a set of six raised dots. The number and arrangement of the dots used distinguishes one character from another. Uncontracted Braille (grade I) - is the study of basic dot combinations for the letters of the alphabet, the main punctuation signs and the numbering system. Contracted Braille (grade II) - uses the same letters, punctuation and numbers as uncontracted braille but adds a series of special signs to represent common words or groups of letters. There are 187 contractions in Braille 2 Contracted Braille is used as it requires less space. Books, magazines and other information use it as it produces less bulky books and magazines...

Having finished the Trefoil 'Stars Award' I have decided to partake in the bronze 'Voyage' award. The award consists of  five sections, Service, Explore my world, Myself, Teamwork and Skills. I am going to start with  Explore my world and Teamwork. Explore my World - Walk the Suffolk Coastal Footpath The Suffolk Coastal Path covers a distance of sixty miles. Although I enjoy walking I am not able to walk more than three to four miles at any one time due to osteoarthritis in my ankles. By splitting the walk into small chunks I hope to cover the distance by doing twenty separate walks. Some walks will bee done in reverse order due to parking and tides etc. My first walk will be from Landguard Point in Felixstowe. Service - Volunteer at the Village Hall  In 2019 our village hall was about to close because no one would volunteer to sit on the committee and help with the organization. As a last resort a public meeting was arranged for August and anyone interested in saving t...