Blind Poet Dave Steele, Gardening with BBC's Mark Lane & Getting Out into Nature

It’s time for a brand new episode of the Happy Hour!

As always, Holly and Paulina are keeping you company with a mix of chat and good music, with a focus on sight loss, mental health, and over all wellbeing.

This week, Holly is joined by the blind poet Dave Steele, who shares how poetry helped him find the light in the darkest of times.

Paulina chats to BBC Gardeners’ World expert Mark Lane to find out about the benefits that gardening can have on our health.

Finally, RNIB Connect Radio’s Ellie Marsh finds out about Climbing Out, a charity which intends to build up self-esteem, confidence, and overall wellbeing by getting out into nature.

If you’d like to find out more information on Climbing Out, then visit their website: https://climbingout.org.uk/

Follow Dave Steele on Facebook: 'The Blind Poet' and on twitter: @TheBlindPoetRP 

 
For more gardening tips visit: www.qvcuk.com or find Mark on twitter @MarkLaneTV

The Happy Hour Podcast is our trimmed down version of this hour-long show, so if you'd like to listen to the full show with all the amazing songs featured, tune in to RNIB Connect Radio every Monday at 1 PM, with a repeat Thursday at 6 PM and Sunday at 10 am. Plus catch a new episode every other week. 

Image: a black and white photo of Dave Steele.