I’m now home after suffering the ignominious pain of having one’s scooter run out of battery on a return trip from the local parks classic car show.
Within a 100 yards of home the battery have on the ghost and refused to carry my body to the driveway
My good lady set off o foot to get the car with me at the roadside sat like a lemon only to bee rescued by fellow visitors to the show pushing me to my home for which I am eternally grateful if not disgusted in my life as it stands and being so helplessly useless.
Not a good advert go electric vehicles and it is now on charge over night to restore it to a usable state.
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The alternative is a manual wheelchair where you would have to be pushed or maneuvre yourself with one hand.
On the whole I prefer electric even with the risk of running out of juice.
Janet
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This happens to the best of us. How often have you seen cars at the side of the road after running out of fuel? I saw one recently and they had literally passed a petrol station 100 metres previous.
You should not feel disgusted at all. I am sure the show visitors were happy to help you. Try not to be so hard on yourself. It’s all ended ok. Hopefully you enjoyed the show.
Time to relax & rest after a busy day for you.
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I bet those guys were happy to help you @mrfrederickson. You was still sat on your scooter. Look on the bright side at least someone was around to help, you weren’t left in a heap on the floor.
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Yes Hilary I was most grateful for the push home and to spare my poor lng suffering wife the grief o bringing the car back for me and the scooter.
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Yes one of those things but whilst I’m careful on checking the charge levels before setting off I did not count on the drain from climbing the incline home and my weight on the 3/4full batteries.
Oh well it had to happen somewhere at least a happy ending
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When I set off on one of my adventures my wife waves me off and always says be sure to call a taxi if there are any problems.
You can get a backup battery but they are both heavy and expensive.
Fingers crossed I’ve not run out of juice yet. (hope I’m not tempting fate)
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I hope your not too @Bobbi 
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I got my wife a mobility scooter, but she wouldn’t use it, as she just wasn’t confident enough…so we then got an electric powered wheelchair, and it is brilliant !!..again she wasn’t confident operating it, so I moved the joystick controller to the rear of the chair, so that I am in control of it…we are looking forwards to days out again very soon…
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It is great when you discover how supportive the man (or woman) in the street can be. Restores one’s faith in humanity.
After having been carefully shepherded to the other side of the street, somewhere I did not actually want to go. Then waiting until my ‘helpers’ were out of sight in order to cross back, I realise the importance of independence.
It’s usually okay and I don’t want to appear ungrateful for the attention. That day when you actually need the support brings it all into focus.
I hope you have many happy adventures together. Getting out and about is a challenge worth taking on. Please share your experiences, photos help.
Early days post stroke any news about the outside world is gold dust. One needs to know what is out there, what it looks like and what possibilities there are.
There are new people every day who need to see how things are and how they can be. This is important for those around the person who had the stroke too.
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Fully agree it was more the grief for my wife that bugged me the scooter is great and has been valuable for me getting outside and inclusive in life thoroughly recommend one but know you machine and its limits
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The same thing has happened to me and my friend on holidays. I ran out of power in Sicily. My friend pushed my scooter from behind with her scooter. When she ran out of power in Singapore this year, she held on to my back seat and I pulled her along. It helps to have a travel buddy! 
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Absolutely an essential travel companion is the rule, it was lucky I was so close to home as my wife ran off to get the car having told my son I was beeched on the road side. Then the kind couple came along and pushed me home. A jolly adventure of sorts.
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