But there wasn't a loan wheelchair available yesterday, it was in use I guess, so we opted to use one of these shopping buggies instead. Big Joolie has been unsure of them for weeks, very worried about it running away with her, going faster than her reaction times and mowing down any little old ladies who got in her way. She therefore preferred me to push her in a manual wheelchair, but we had no choice yesterday. She had to use the buggy.
She actually found that its brilliant. Dead easy to use and very controllable. She loved it.
I found that it was a lot easier too. All I had to do was keep an eye out for any approaching hazards and give advice on how to manoeuvre it through tight spaces. She's never driven a car so manoeuvring the buggy didn't come naturally to her, espescially when going backwards.
The best thing though, was that I didn't have to push her weight around, using a wheelchair where the handles were too low. The buggy was a lot easier on my back...!
Well it was for a while.
After picking up the microwave, which sat nicely in the basket of the buggy, we went round the rest of the store. But just as we got to the furthest point, the bread counter, the battery started to go flat.
It held out for a little while and the buggy continued to roll with just a little assistance from me pushing gently.
But by the time we'd got back to the checkouts it was dead.
I thus had to push Big Joolie, the microwave, all of her other shopping and the buggy whilst fighting against the inertia of the motor....
So it wasn't that much easier after all.
The buggy was great, but I discovered that they're a pain (in the back, and lower) if the batteries aren't fully charged...!
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