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28 February 2008
Buying my van for the trip.
Disabled people here in the UK, if their disability is bad enough, have what is called Motorability. This is a sum of money they receive each week from the government, to pay for transport to get around because they cannot use normal public transport. There is no restriction on what this money is used for. Some use it to obtain a new car under the Motorability Scheme, some to buy a new or second-hand power wheelchair; some use it to buy a second hand vehicle, ect. Me, I am using it to buy my second-hand van for the trip and added to this, to buy my Alber Adventure.
I am now going to start taking you on the journey that will takes me from deciding on the van I shall be buying, this I have already done. A&D preparing it for the trip and finally, my carers will be taken through a course that at the end off, they will be proficient in loading me into the van and making me secure. They will be also shown how to drive the van with a disabled person in the back. This I can assure you is a lot different from normal driving, plus much more.
From start to finish, all of the above will properly take 5 weeks, but I will keep you updated as we go along.
To get you started I am buying, drum roll, a Citroen Relay 1000D,1905 cc, 56000 miles on the clock. One disabled owner and is colour red. I am buying it from A&D Servicers Newcastle upon Tyne...
I will let you know more when I get there. I have also decided to join the AA in preference to the others. The AA covers the car not the person and are excellent for disabled drivers..
Buying my van for the trip.
Disabled people here in the UK, if their disability is bad enough, have what is called Motorability. This is a sum of money they receive each week from the government, to pay for transport to get around because they cannot use normal public transport. There is no restriction on what this money is used for. Some use it to obtain a new car under the Motorability Scheme, some to buy a new or second-hand power wheelchair; some use it to buy a second hand vehicle, ect. Me, I am using it to buy my second-hand van for the trip and added to this, to buy my Alber Adventure.
I am now going to start taking you on the journey that will takes me from deciding on the van I shall be buying, this I have already done. A&D preparing it for the trip and finally, my carers will be taken through a course that at the end off, they will be proficient in loading me into the van and making me secure. They will be also shown how to drive the van with a disabled person in the back. This I can assure you is a lot different from normal driving, plus much more.
From start to finish, all of the above will properly take 5 weeks, but I will keep you updated as we go along.
To get you started I am buying, drum roll, a Citroen Relay 1000D,1905 cc, 56000 miles on the clock. One disabled owner and is colour red. I am buying it from A&D Servicers Newcastle upon Tyne...
I will let you know more when I get there. I have also decided to join the AA in preference to the others. The AA covers the car not the person and are excellent for disabled drivers..
