01 March 2008
Do you think that doing the E2E in a power wheelchair is easy?
I am having problems in getting support for this E2E challenge, 2 major supermarkets and one newspaper chain have already turned me down. Would not even give me a food voucher. Now how mean is that?
I am begging to think, that you are thinking, that to drive a power wheelchair from one end of the UK to the other is easy and that I am some what cheating. Are you, my reader, one of them? If you are, can I now put your mind at rest and say that driving a power wheelchair, especially a fast one like the Alber Adventure, is not easy to do, try it.
One is constantly been jarred by the road and pavement conditions. I can tell Newcastle City Council where all the bumps, loose paving, and not very good dropped curbs are. My whole body, and remember, I do have Rheumatoid Arthritis, is been moved/jared all the time. The Alber Adventure has extremely good suspension, so this will be somewhat eased.
My team will have to make sure, that due to long periods of time in Alber, that my body does not break down. I am in excellent nick, and after 20 years of been totally, and I mean totally, wheelchair dependent, I have never had a sore on my bottom. I say this is all due to good care, good diet and no drugs.
So the next time you think that what I am doing is a joy ride, take up my challenge and spend 12 hrs in a power wheelchair, go along our footpaths and roads, and tell me that that was easy, remember, you will have good joints…I do not..
Do you think that doing the E2E in a power wheelchair is easy?
I am having problems in getting support for this E2E challenge, 2 major supermarkets and one newspaper chain have already turned me down. Would not even give me a food voucher. Now how mean is that?
I am begging to think, that you are thinking, that to drive a power wheelchair from one end of the UK to the other is easy and that I am some what cheating. Are you, my reader, one of them? If you are, can I now put your mind at rest and say that driving a power wheelchair, especially a fast one like the Alber Adventure, is not easy to do, try it.
One is constantly been jarred by the road and pavement conditions. I can tell Newcastle City Council where all the bumps, loose paving, and not very good dropped curbs are. My whole body, and remember, I do have Rheumatoid Arthritis, is been moved/jared all the time. The Alber Adventure has extremely good suspension, so this will be somewhat eased.
My team will have to make sure, that due to long periods of time in Alber, that my body does not break down. I am in excellent nick, and after 20 years of been totally, and I mean totally, wheelchair dependent, I have never had a sore on my bottom. I say this is all due to good care, good diet and no drugs.
So the next time you think that what I am doing is a joy ride, take up my challenge and spend 12 hrs in a power wheelchair, go along our footpaths and roads, and tell me that that was easy, remember, you will have good joints…I do not..
