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What a great week of photography and meeting people, it started on Tuesday when I was invited into my son's junior school to take photographs of the "Fastest Blindman on the Planet", his name is Steve Cunningham and he came to school with his assistant John Telford and his Guide Dog "Foster". He spoke to children, staff and parents about his life and the things he has achieved. He lost his sight when he was 12 years old and with help from family and friends and sheer determination he has gone on to complete a set of challenges that have made him a worldwide name. He has driven a car at 200mph, driven a speedboat at 200mph and has flown a plane around the coastline of the UK. During the day he also told children the stories of when he captained the England Blind soccer team to world cup glory. He inspired everyone he met on Tuesday and the questions came in thick and fast from the children, all were answered and he loved spending time talking to everyone he met. For everything that Steve has achieved in his life the star of the show was "Foster" the guide dog who just seemed to take it nice and easy and chill out whilst he was'nt required to be working.

Then on Friday I got a call from the Firestation to go and take some photographs of the some of the staff with the High Sheriff of Cumbria (Mrs I A Frost-Pennington DL). She had a short visit of the firestation meeting Officers who were on duty.

Next it was back to school to meet up with Barrow's MP, Mr John Woodcock who had been invited into the school to take part in a "Reading" project. John brought a copy of his favourite book with him and discussed it at length with some year 6 children. They quizzed him about the book and also about reading in general. Later on John had his photograph taken with the children which we are going to make into a poster to hopefully encourage other children and parents to read more. Other guests are coming in soon to discuss their favourite book.