....into a crushd tin box....
My experience today. The tube, at 4.30pm, don't go.
I'm alive, grateful, and very lucky, blaa blaa blaah. I am sooooo glad however, i do not have to experience that everyday. I know that I am in a wheelchair, and therefor experience everything slightly differently to everybody else. I became so grateful of my wheelchair on a packed tube train, a physical perimeter to everyone of MY personal space. I did it today because I wanted to experience the underground in a wheelchair (masochistic perhaps). Now, I hold London Transport, very highly, thinking very positively of the whole organisation. However, the so-called 'accessible tube', does not exist. My first 'wheelchair bound' London Underground trip was planned. As I thought I needed accompaniment by an able-bodied 'sardine' , I was. There are numerous points where the aid of an able-bodied human, are 100% necessary. The experience disappointed me. However, I went to Canary Wharf, for the first time (below).
I sound child-like when i start to describe the experience of standing at the base of all of the offices, but it was impressive, and definitely an 'experience' that should be felt by all 'Londoners'. If you haven't been, go. Sorry, i don't mean to offend anyone, but the 'experience' does include experiencing all the 'business-people'. Maybe good, maybe bad. I shut up, before i dig a hole.
My experience today. The tube, at 4.30pm, don't go.
I'm alive, grateful, and very lucky, blaa blaa blaah. I am sooooo glad however, i do not have to experience that everyday. I know that I am in a wheelchair, and therefor experience everything slightly differently to everybody else. I became so grateful of my wheelchair on a packed tube train, a physical perimeter to everyone of MY personal space. I did it today because I wanted to experience the underground in a wheelchair (masochistic perhaps). Now, I hold London Transport, very highly, thinking very positively of the whole organisation. However, the so-called 'accessible tube', does not exist. My first 'wheelchair bound' London Underground trip was planned. As I thought I needed accompaniment by an able-bodied 'sardine' , I was. There are numerous points where the aid of an able-bodied human, are 100% necessary. The experience disappointed me. However, I went to Canary Wharf, for the first time (below).
I sound child-like when i start to describe the experience of standing at the base of all of the offices, but it was impressive, and definitely an 'experience' that should be felt by all 'Londoners'. If you haven't been, go. Sorry, i don't mean to offend anyone, but the 'experience' does include experiencing all the 'business-people'. Maybe good, maybe bad. I shut up, before i dig a hole.
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