Jim Eadie, the Scottish MSP for Edinburgh Southern, raised the issue of poor accessibility on public transport for mobility scooter users earlier this year. Eadie was told that “operational circumstances” meant Transport for Edinburgh could not allow mobility scooters on board the Scottish capitals busses and trams.
As part of our series of blogposts on accessible attractions as recommended by Silver Travel Advisor, today we’d like to focus on the North Pennies, where there are plenty of accessible attractions for the Quingo scooter user to enjoy.
Accessible attractions in the North Pennines
The North Pennines is an area of outstanding natural beauty. Lovers of nature cannot help but appreciate the stunning landscape of open heather moors and peatlands, the spectacular sight of the dales and much more besides.
Accessibility and the freedom to get around are important to the Quingo team and our customers. That’s why Quingo were taken aback when we read the story of a mobility scooter user from Cumbria who was told by train station staff that Northern Rail didn’t accept mobility scooters on the Carlisle-West Cumbria line.
The Quingo team were interested to discover the recent story of a Carlisle man who believes that some pavements in his city are unsafe for mobility scooter users.
A lack of dropped kerbs in parts of Carlisle?
Jack Paton, 65, of Montgomery Way’s Botcherby often uses his scooter to visit family in nearby Harraby where he says that some of the streets have kerbs up to five inches high. He claims that the lack of dropped kerbs make certain areas difficult for him to get around.
Continuing our series of blogs highlighting attractions across the country that provide good accessibility in conjunction with Silver Travel Advisor, today, we’d like to showcase three more attractions, this time north of the border.
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