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I am a 69-year-old gay disabled amateur part-time writer living in Slough, Berkshire UK. I have published around 60 articles in 20 leisure and lifestyle magazines. I live with a range of health issues including heart disease, chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes, depression, atrial fibrillation and restless leg syndrome. (I'm working my way through the medical dictionary!). I'm a member of Slough Writer's Group which is interesting and informative. Latest News. 10th July 2023 Awarded 'The Sandy Lee-Guard Award for Endeavour' by the Slough Writers Group. 6th December 2023 Completed studying 'Writing for Magazines' with CityLit University. January 2nd 2024. Fell over in the lounge and fractured my left femur (whilst recovering from fracturing my right femur in July 2023). May 2024. Completed studying ' National Centre for Writing' course 'Creative Non-Fiction - An Introduction'. 3rd November 2024. Began studying 'Article Writing and Freelance Journalism' with 'Writing Magazine'. Expected duration 8 Weeks.

Saturday, 28 September 2024

Search & Rescue Dogs

Today, I've begun researching material for a feature article on Search & Rescue Dogs for 'Dogs Today' magazine.


"SARDA (Search And Rescue Dog Association) dogs are air-scenting dogs that use their sense of smell to find people. They are trained to find people in all types of terrain, including urban, rural, and mountainous areas. SARDA dogs are non-discriminatory and don't need any information about the missing person to start searching. "SARDA dogs are part of a team that includes handlers, bodies, and trainees. Bodies are volunteers who help with the search by acting as missing people for the dogs. Trainees are dogs that are still being trained."...


I've sent email enquiry letters to around ten 'Rescue' organisations and already a couple have responded.

This afternoon I rewrote, edited, and uploaded the HTML file for my 'LATEST WORK' page on my website I've changed the size of the font and re-ordered the list so that the entries are in reverse order (more recent at the top).



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