On Tuesday, granddaughter Sarah took me to Oxford to buy shoes in a Schuh shop - being the usual Sod's Law, they didn't have my size. Being the thoughtful girl she is, and knowing how slowly I walk these days, she borrowed a folding wheelchair from a friend of the family's mother and took that for me to ride in. It's interesting to see how the crowds part as you approach...
It wasn't a very warm day before we started and I can now understand why people in a chair have a blanket round their knees - you certainly need one! It was f-r-e-e-z-i-n-g!
The car in the background is there deliberately. Sarah owns it now, an old Honda Civic which has done plenty of miles in the last three years hacking up and down to Southampton Uni. It has a nice big boot and is so easy to drive. You can't see it but it's plastered with stickers from Newquay - surfing - car adverts and anything else that was on offer. It was mine for quite a few years before Sarah acquired it and has carried plenty of things from car boots back home to sort out. Before that - and when it was brand new - it was owned by Sarah's other Grandma. 'Three careful lady owners' or words to that effect!
