Wednesday March 6th

I met with Claire Poulter, who is putting together a plan for the combined delivery of social care and healthcare in Cumbria. She explained some of the complexities of the process she is involved with and we visited the Old people's home and hospital to show her what Alston has.
She was interested in support for people to take part in e-health (possibilities for Pentalk here!)

In the afternoon I took part in an advice session in Gateshead on broadband. Rural B&Bs and a farmer from Hadrians Wall made up half of the group. I demonstrated the benefits of Skype and internet phone calls.

It struck me that there are plenty of people who still have no idea about the internet and don't want to learn! I'm now sat in a pub in Newcastle after the talk, blogging on my laptop using the pub's free wireless connection.