On Thin Ice
An excellent forecast and snow on the ground were enough to entice Gary out for a day on Kinder. And what a day it turned out to be!
Haydn Williams
Mum’s Gone to Iceland
Last time we visited Iceland, I titled the blog post “Haydn’s Gone to Iceland”. This time it was a family affair, with my parents and brother & sister-in-law also heading North.
Resident Safety and Nursing in Care Homes
Patient Safety is a well-recognised concept in acute healthcare, but the idea of “resident safety” as a defined area of study and improvement in adult social care is less prevalent. This needn’t be the case though, and those providing care in nursing and residential homes can capitalise on the large body of existing patient safety work.
Tour de Helvellyn 2018
The best efforts of Deirdre couldn’t dampen the high spirits at this year’s Tour de Helvellyn
New Zealand
All holidays start with a journey: this one began with the longest commercial passenger flight in the world…
It doesn’t Zermatter
The Rock says it doesn’t matter if your bike self-destructs in transit.
Paddy Bikely
PB support, tailing the Rucksack Club, and a geographically-favourable wedding. I hope you like pictures of bikes.
999, 112, emergency roaming, and location services
There’s lot of information and mis-information online about dialling 999 or 112 in a UK mountain emergency, which one might (or mightn’t) be better, and how much location information your phone can provide. This post is my description of the situation, which I hope differs from others in that I’ve given trustworthy references to support the statements
Advanced Mobile Location (AML) – The gory details
When you call 999, your phone can automatically determine your location using wifi and GPS positioning data, then text it to the emergency services.
