I remember that this time last year we had snow on the ground, it was lovely to see a white christmas a year ago but as you know it can bring it’s fair share of problems too with regards to travel, even just short journeys.

Well at least there wont be any weather related problems tomorrow and with the weather chat out of the way i would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy christmas, i hope that you have a great time during the holidays, whatever you are doing and whoever you are spending time with.

Take care of yourselves and each other.

Best Wishes

John

As we get closer towards the end of another year and have christmas to look forward to next week i have been looking at the blog and how it has grown since 2008.

I have noticed that some of the categories have more content than others and over the coming months i would like to balance that out a bit by writing more content for each category that has less content than some of the others.

As you might have noticed. there is quite a lot in the Mobility Scooters category, but the Adjustable Beds, Child Mobility Aids, Lift Chairs, Motability, and Stair Lifts categories need a bit of time and attention so i hope that by publicly mentioning it here that i will make a commitment to filling those out, if you see me lagging behind then dont hesitate to let me know.

The Motability category was the most recent to be added so it’s not suprising that it’s looking a little lean, but the others have been in place for a while and definately need more content within them.

I hope that you continue to enjoy using the site and if you have any suggestions you can contact me.

Recently i have seen a couple of users getting their mobility scooter into quite a tight spot, in separate shops and at completely different times, and one thing that stood out to me was that the shop workers looked like they didn’t want to interfere, also in both siutuations it was quite clear to the mobility scooter user that going into the tight spot meant futher difficulty in getting back out.

One needed to very carefully reverse away from the counter after being served, the other needed to edge forwards and backwards repeatedly until being able to finally get around the corner.

To be fair in each situation there was little that could be done to assist, i think the shop workers in both of those situations were right to not interfere, as the person who eeded to do some very careful reversing seemed comfortable enough with it and managed fine once she realised that there really were no other options.

I think that some non users can be intimidated by the mobility scooter, although most users are careful and courteous, i think the sight of a less than courteous user sticks in the mind of non users so that even when faced with a mobility scooter situation in a shop you often see that people are not sure what else to do but get out of the way.