Hi Sarah, Oh, I know what you mean about not wanting to go on holiday with your parents for the same reasons I didn't want to go with mine when they go to great Yarmouth next weekend with my sister Elaine, Simon and the kids as they will all be doing visual things and I know for sure I would feel so much out of it as it's not really for me it's for them. I know I will be so much better off with my auntie Pearl and of course it means I get to spend 4 days one to one quality time with her not bad going so I have a lovely holiday of my own to look forward to. I'm sure if I had that special man in my life or even a friend who could be with me all the time it would make all the difference so I may have gone with them in those circumstances but not on my own it's not much fun at all. I feel out of it when we have family get togethers on special occasions like Christmas and Easter etc so it would be even worse for me in a strange place. There's such a downside to still being so dependent on my parents. Yes I have lovely friends for sure I'm so lucky. Yes I find it's so much easily for partially sighted people to get around than it is for us totally blind people so it's ideal Jamie can come over to you but it's so cool you feel you can go on trains on your own so can go over there you do amazing. Yes it's so cool we can all encourage each other but like you I don't like pushy people either and I don't like people who are always very judgemental of others that's not right and is very bad. There's no right or wrong way of doing things after all as we are all individuals and have the right to do what feels right for us and what we feel happy with. It's not for anyone else to judge. It's nice we all love and accept each other despite our differences that's how it should be. Oh dear that's a shame you haven't seen Sue for a while so hope you will soon and make up for lost time. Yes it's so easy to feel that everyone else is enjoying themselves and living it up while we are not when we are stuck in not good but it's lovely we are always thinking of each other as we are all brothers and sisters on here after all. Glad you are enjoying BB. Well have a good day tomorrow. Keep you posted on mine. Love Clare xxxx Hi Clare. OH UI'm glad you are enjoying your chocolate fix with that chocolate cake in the afternoon with a cuppa and airo moose and chocoalte bar after a yummy toasty. Well I understand you feeling trapped some times you don't want to go every-where with your parents I stopped going on holiday with mine years ago I like going out and late nights and they go to sleep early and like visual things in the day so we like different kinds of holidays so I'd much rather go with friends really. I'm so glad you ahve now found BArbara and Sarah and Karen and still see Anna I know you have some lovely friends. I haven't seen my friend Sue for several weeks she's always having nights out and never seems to have time for me. Its not nice being in when people you know are living it up every night when I'm with Jamie we go out to the pub which I love and always one where you can have a conversation as we don't like loud music as I know you don't much either. WE are all different and I know some people are not as confident as others its easier for some-one who is partially sighted to get on a train which is why Jamie comes to me most of the time but I have said I do it on my own and can come to him any time I don't mind its not easy but all we can do is encourage each other but without being pushy I don't like pushy people the staff at college could be like taht some times. Well BB is back on now I was doing this in the adverts. Take care. Love Sarah xxxxxxxxxxxx