A Scottish Excursion is a description of the eight-and-a-half mile section of the Caledonian Challenge which is suitable for wheelchairs and buggies. One writer says that, despite the midges, the whole experience was wonderful and the scenery stunning with mountains on all sides. The ramblers were piped out by a lone piper at the Bridge of Orchy, and welcomed back by the same piper when they finally reached Tyndrum after a very enjoyable and successful day.

Daktari is next, an article about an orphanage in the African bush for animals in need of care. This place offers outdoor activities and attractions and has access for disabled people. It is a non-profit-making company which hopes to generate money from visitors to enable them to fund education and expenses for financially disadvantaged local people.

This is followed by Feature Facts, which first has a short outline of a project for disabled people introduced by Diverse Bristol TV. They are looking for disabled people to take on amazing tasks, not unlike the Beyond Boundaries series shown recently on a BBC2 documentary, where eleven disabled adventurers crossed Central America from the Atlantic to the Pacific, including having to climb up a volcano!

After this a short email appears from Inverclyde Council on Disability, regarding a petition to the Scottish Parliament with regard to the abuse of Dropped Kerbs and Disabled Parking Bays. Websites for the Manifesto support are also included.

A website listing disabled-friendly pubs and restaurants in the UK has been re-launched by Mary Dixon, who has MS and has appeared in the program Mastermind. This website enables disabled people to plan their holidays ahead and to pinpoint accessible places on the map, while also inviting all its readers to suggest any more places that they have found suitable and so should be included.

A new ethnic radio station called Ramadhan broadcast information for Muslims all over Scotland during October, and this was followed by information on the Scottish Care Services Forum, about the recent launch of online discussion for the Care Centre in Scotland. There are links and websites, a press release on the Forum on Discrimination, inviting people to comment or share ideas on the misprepresentation of disabled people. This is followed by a short story on homophobic bullying in Scottish schools, with websites and links, and a survey for youngsters on bullying.

We end as usual with our Junior Crew short quiz for young people.

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