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Monday Feb 26, 2007

Underground madness

A couple of months ago I had my 22 month-old nephew to stay for the weekend so we could introduce him and my sister to the delights of London. So take a couple in their late 20s, a young mum who's never been on the Tube, and a kid in a pramchair and we had some interesting times going up and down the millions of escalators and stairs.

The look of fright on my face as I did a fast wheel spin to get the chair facing backwards away from me as I dragged it onto a fast moving staircase, apparently still gets my sister in fits of giggles. The day was exhausting and my other half had to lift the pram up many a stair case, resulting in rather sore shoulders for days afterwards.

So when I got sent a rant about accessibility (or lack of it) for the disabled on The London Underground, I realised how lucky we were to actually be able to lift and drag this poor child around the Tube. At least we had the option, but for many people in wheelchairs, it's not so easy.

Underground madness

 

 

 

Posted by Julia ( 4:19 PM ) Link to this post  |  Comments[0]