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If you can still ride a bike (balance), Magic Bob (GN member) had one of these electric scooters at our recent Get Together at Beverley, handle bars and seat comes off easily, not sure what else.  He went down to the shops in it a few times, also said he has a passenger trailer for it in case his wife wants to go with him, not sure of the make, you could pm him to find out;

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Jep... !      thinking about getting one of these mobility scoother vehicles  ,

some days  I really need to be able to get about more than I am able to at the moment.

Does anyone have any helpfull thoughts about these things in regards to type , size  and on road issues. etc.

 

Load it into my car  by myself and unloadd it , so  weight has to be considered.

 I want to take it camping  ,  being able to get about a bush  campsite

 

Athritus is getting the better of me ,

some days  I am able to get about  like any normal person

but other days I am really stuck   as if my legs are glued to the floor.



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camping is not the easiest thing to do , having  two legs

that want to go on strike at the drop of a hat .

But I do intend to do as much camping as I can regardles of  the issues .

At the moment some days , I have no difficulty in walking  ,

BUT there are many days that cause me concern ,

at these times on my bad days I can only try to move or even sit on the ground

  untill I can get mobile again  .Getting a M/scooter will be a help on those bad days

I saw a couple of women with m/scooters at a caravan park yesterday ,

I was really keen to have a chat about their camping issues but before I could get

anywhere near the women thay had scooted off towards the other end of the park  .

I was not up to getting myself to their camp . I was not walking at km per hour

but rather ,a metres  per hour rate.

At this travel rate it  gives me ample  time to look about where I am ............ha  ha  ha

I am going to talk  to a mobility scooter shop this week to see what is on offer.



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I have now got a pair of ramps  so as to load the scooter into the car .

all I need now is a scooter



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Don't forget to take the weight of the scooter into account in the back of your car when towing.

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neilnruth wrote:

Don't forget to take the weight of the scooter into account in the back of your car when towing.

 Hi Neilbrith 

Great to get your message 

You are right , I did  check that  I will  need to keep the van weigh 

To a minimum.

I don't usually carry that much when camping.

No unnecessary junk . The generator 2kv is placed at the back end of the  van

Cheers from Paul



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Glad you thought of it. All the best in your search.

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neilnruth wrote:

Glad you thought of it. All the best in your search.

 Search... ?



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For your mobility scooter. You haven't found one yet have you?

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neilnruth wrote:

For your mobility scooter. You haven't found one yet have you?

 Yes I now have a mobility scooter



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Not sure what happened there. I posted the above comment but when you quoted it, it disappeared from my post! Glad you have your scooter.



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Even stranger things happening. Now it is back again.

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Strange things do happen with internet 

Especially with IPhone , I  noticed. 

I am going to the Wongi camp .

I hope I can manage using 

A scooter to get. About.



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Photo please, I am looking for one to, would like to see what everyone else has first, thanks, Norma



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