The Alber Adventure Trial cont

22 November 2007

Alber Adventure Trial cont.

Yesterday the AlberAdventure was returned from Alton Aids with a new seat and the hand control adjusted. Their engineer, Andrew, stayed to make sure that the right adjustment were made to the AA with the result that the AA fitted me as well as it could at this stage; not any easy task as the back of the seat had to be readjusted and the control column put inside the arm rest. All these readjustment must have taken a good 60 to 80 minutes.

When I was happy that I could drive the AA in safety and comfort, the AA and I were left to go for a trial run, well we have until Tuesday to do trial runs.

For the actual challenge some more extras will be added to make sure that I am 110% comfortable while in the chair, after all were are travelling 1000 miles together give or take, at the same time using as little effort in my left arm as possible. We cannot make those changes until we are sure that the Albert Adventure is the chosen chair

My friend Joan and I took Alber, that is the name I shall give the AA, Albert, into the local street that is a dead end. Here there is no through traffic, and it is quite safe to open up Albert to his full speed. Wow it was fantastic. I went up and down the street just enjoying the thrill of been in this fantastic power wheelchair, even put Albert’s lights on! I could visualize quite easley, the roads from E2E in front and felt quite confident that if Albert and I were to take on the E2E challenge we would reach our destination.

The control stick is still a bit too heavy for me but I am sure that Alton Aids can put that right.

The push bike has arrived and tomorrow Alber, myself and a carer will take to the local roads to see what driving Albert is like on the open road. Making at the same time a curcuit for me to go arond and arond and around for my traning seasons....I shall report back.