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Picture of Cathy on the Equator. The sign behind her says the place name "La Mitad Del Mundo" in the middle of the world. My statusCathy Birchall is the first blind person ever to circumnavigate the globe on a motorcycle, covering 26,385 miles while travelling through 31 countries in five continents. During her year long trip she visited organisations around the world working with Visually Impaired people,

Please select here to go the 'Media' page of this site for radio, TV interviews and articles from around the world. The journey set out to raise awareness around sight loss while also generating funds for services in the UK.

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Our very grateful thanks to Autocom Communications who donated and installed a most excellent intercom system for the journey. It proved to be my 'eyes' out onto the world for the whole journey. Our special thanks also go to Dolphin Computer Access who donated a laptop with specialist speech software. Without this communication system it all would have been far, far, more difficult. We are indebted to both companies for their support throughout the journey.

    

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Picture of Cathy sitting in the French Pyrenees overlooking the clouds.

Picture of Cathy sitting in the FRench Pyrenees overlooking the clouds.

"Being Blind means you see the world in a different way" (Catherine Birchall, 2006)

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