Disabled travel? why bother?

Let’s be clear I am not into camping! I do not travel light and if required to sleep under the stars I prefer 4 or 5. That being said, I research EVERYTHING madly and hunt for bargains. Travel is wonderful and there is no reason to miss out because of disability, and disability has many shapes and sizes. It’s also not just about wheelchairs. Most websites when discussing disability will talk about wheelchair access and the assumption is that if a wheel chair can make it, so can a hobbling old lady on a cane. It ain’t necessarily so.  a person in a wheelchair has some advantages, first they are visible and the sheer size of the chair demands space. The individual is also seated, on wheels and hopefully being pushed!  And wheel chairs have brakes. Thus absent the brakes etc a person using a cane may not find a disabled ramp exactly easy to negotiate.  Hotels and public buildings generally do not tae note of this fact. I research each location for my needs, and while others may not have the same problems, maybe the ideas will assist.

 

The concept

Five years of Summer is an aspirational approach to travel for people with moderate levels of disability. I estimate that I’ll be well enough to travel for 5 years. If I’m still feeling confident in 2019, the name will change to “5 more years”!

I’m in my sixties, and have osteoarthritis as a whole of body experience, it would be easier to sit at home knitting, but I already know how to knit.  The objective is to see as much of the world as I can and to share travel experiences with other like minded travellers.

Life’s a great journey, please join me.