I have done a bit of travelling in my time, and have been very lucky to see some amazing countries including Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, and America, and I’ve been all over Europe.

I love travelling and seeing new cultures and their history. It makes you grow as a person and gives you more knowledge and understanding too.

But travelling has made me realise how lucky we are in the UK to have what we have.

Simple things from hand rails on stairs, not having to pay more for an accessible room, the amount of discounts we get.

I just came back from Kraków and it’s been one of the best cities I been to. The atmosphere and how friendly the locals are really adds to a holiday. My other top cities I have been to are Poznan, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Murcia. And out of Europe, New York.

I really want to travel more but as a single woman who’s mates have virtually all got kids, I have no mates to travel with. Travelling is one of my main interests and something I am unable to do alone being disabled. There are these adventurous holiday companies that do holidays for those that are single in there 30s /40s but they do not cater for young disabled single adults. There are so many disabled people that are left out of holidays due to the fact they have no one to go with or their friends aren’t able to include them when they plan a trip. I would hope that none of my friends would be like this.

It’s a subject I got talking about with a few ladies in my Seated class and we were saying it’s a shame that we have to go away with our parents. First off I don’t mind an occasional holiday with my mum, but it’s hard to do things you want to do, like explore the nightlife when all your mum wants is her bed and is asleep by 10.30pm! But companies who cater for single travellers are missing out on a trick here by, a) being too expensive for disabled people to use them, and b) not catering for disabled travellers.

I do get frustrated when my friends say oh you can go away with your mum! What if I actually want to go away with my actual friends?! I wonder if they have thought about that?

Being away has made me realise I wish I had more friends that had the travel bug like me or even asked if I would like to go away. I’m not keen on taking holiday from work unless I’m doing something like travelling. I hate taking a week off just to waste it at home.

I really would like a week away early September – somewhere hot where I can just chill out. So if any of my friends are reading this and fancy it let me know as it won’t happen otherwise!