"I was kind of like, you wanna do it but you kind of also are thinking 'gosh what kind of people are they going to be? Am I going to be able to trust them? Am I going to be able to be safe?' But I never had any of that as soon as I get there really, I always feel safe. And even the time that I, think it was the first time that I went that, there was a tricky bit and I ended up sort of falling and everyone was worried about how I was but all I could do was laugh."
After going on walks with her mum back home, Carole was delighted to find a group that existed, along with guides to help those visually impaired, after moving to Sheffield - "it sounded perfect to me." With the guides being so trustworthy in aiding the visually impaired, it helps to make the newcomers to the group feel safer and more unified with everyone else. Particularly with people moving to new areas, groups like this can help massively in making friends and finding new activities and opportunities.
Carole describes her first walk (incidentally a walk we were also attending) as "not as terrifying as I thought it would be, because everyone made me feel relaxed straight away."
"I think it's very important in health issues [the walks]," Carole goes on to say, "because when you get older, and you have no one to go anywhere with, so walking with a group is great. Especially as they're doing is because they want to do it. It's also nice to know the guides are doing it for the right reasons."
Carole describes her first walk (incidentally a walk we were also attending) as "not as terrifying as I thought it would be, because everyone made me feel relaxed straight away."
"I think it's very important in health issues [the walks]," Carole goes on to say, "because when you get older, and you have no one to go anywhere with, so walking with a group is great. Especially as they're doing is because they want to do it. It's also nice to know the guides are doing it for the right reasons."