Interesting week. On Monday I couldn't get skateboard bearings for the boys in the Tees Valley so I got them from the excellent skate shop in Goodramgate York. On the way back to the car I ran into Dominic a guy I knew in the mid 1980s at Juniper Communities home for learning disabled folk in York. He was a resident there and I once took Dominic and three of the other guys on a weeks boat trip up the Vale of York going up the River Ure and then the River Swale and locking into the Ripon Canal. Dominic remembered this really well as well as him trying to steer the boat and sending it straight into the bank. He has balance problems and if I hadn't turned the wheel quickly we would have rammed the boat into the bank. Peter Beale another one of the guys fell into Ripon lock earlier on when I wasn't to awake because of the huge party we had had the night before when two of my friends Joe James and Peter Dodds suddenly surprised us in the boat the night before . Health and safety : what health and safety. They came with a lot of drink so it had to go . The drink had to go! When we got back I told the Juniper management committee members about our adventures and they thought it was great . Different times: we are to safety conscious now although I must admit if I did the same again I would have two coworkers and two residents. Dominic was well and it was good to see him again. I have many great memories of stuff I did with the guys at Juniper , camping , life skills training Youth Hosteling, cycle trips, pubbing it . If they'd given me a job there I would have stayed for good . Perfect job for me . They offered me money but I couldn't take it from a charity! They fed me a lot though! Oh well the life skills training I got from the Juniper guys certainly prepared me up for raising two boys and I have to say I have done and continue to do more or less the activities I did with the Juniper guys! But with no drink. A good week and Miles was awesome at the skate park this week he even had the BMXers and Roller Bladers clapping him on with his new trick a foot plant. Doesn't mean much to me either but when you see it it is so cool. Good week.