"Please Close The Gate" (but in a moment!)
I met Brenda today, and learned something new. I had to re-appraise some of my past assumptions about Good and Bad behaviour in the countryside.
Benda uses a mobility scooter to get herself out and about in Snowdonia, single-handed. We had a great chat about what makes a route suitable for "walkers" with restricted mobility.
Here's Brenda:
And here is her most useful tool for disabled access to the countryside:
Think about it. When a mobility scooter arrives at a gate on a footpath, and pulls or pushes it open, how does the scooter-user get back onto the scooter and then travel through the gate without it self-closing upon them?
That's where the elastic bungee cord comes in. In this case, someone's kindly provided a simple loop of baler twine, to achieve the same.
Please don't abuse this though. Please DO close the gate after you pass through. It's there to keep the livestock in. Follow the Countryside Code!
Benda uses a mobility scooter to get herself out and about in Snowdonia, single-handed. We had a great chat about what makes a route suitable for "walkers" with restricted mobility.
Here's Brenda:
And here is her most useful tool for disabled access to the countryside:
That's where the elastic bungee cord comes in. In this case, someone's kindly provided a simple loop of baler twine, to achieve the same.
So, once again, here it is - a simple solution to a not-so obvious problem to able-bodied walkers.
