We tried to spend a normal Saturday doing what normal people would do and surprise surprise we had a really good normal time. We took Kevin to the vets for his annual check up and booster, swiftly followed by an hour in the gym for me and an hour in the pool for Mel. After a spot of lunch we could have taken the easy option and spent the rest of the day doing housework etc. but instead we caught the tram to our local National Trust park Morden Hall for some tea and cake. This saw Mel breaking all her previous bests/records for walking as we slowly ambled to the tea shop. It was a fantastic feeling to see her cover this kind of distance as it highlighted to us both that her wheelchair would eventually become a slice of history from this rather strange time in our lives. After recharging our batteries on Fentiman's ginger beer , cups of tea, a Solero and a Calypso we returned home.
We missed the chance of catching the tram and slowly worked our way home.
Today Mel covered well over a mile all under her own steam and boy did that make me a proud man. She calls it Bestival training, every spare moment will be spent pounding the dodgy streets of Mitcham just so she can reach the Wi`s tea tent on the 7th September.
2 comments:
That's quite some achievement! After all that walking around the park and then you had to walk home - I would have be complaining all the way, but I bet Mel didn't. Tough as owt, that one.
come on Bestival and the Mosh Pit!
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