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Globster

@leeCal
I have never give up attitude to anything I do nowadays   

66Mustang

Do you like going out for a drive @leeCal? It is one of my favourite things to do. Where do you drive? I like driving on the country lanes i.e. B roads and more minor roads

leeCal

@66Mustang yes I enjoy a drive and like you especially on B roads. I like it when you find a new road in an unfamiliar part of your area and just follow it , sometimes it’s surprising where it leads, plus it gives you alternative routes to take if you’re diverted or traffic snarled up on a major route. I’m close to Suffolk and there is some lovely countryside over that direction, hills and bakes cottages and ponds etc. I also like finding new churches to look inside, old ones I mean, I just like them as buildings. I must admit I also tend to read gravestones too, sometimes they are incredibly old and the styles are interesting.

are you in Yorkshire?

66Mustang

I’m in the south east. A lot of my family comes from Yorkshire though and we visit there often.  

I agree with what you say about new roads and learning new alternative routes. Sometimes when there is road closed with a diversion I come up with a better way haha.

Suffolk sounds nice. Is it very similar to Norfolk? I have never been but go to Norfolk often because some of our family is from there as well.

Looking in churches sounds fun and I agree with you they are great buildings with interesting history. Something I like doing on my travels is looking in farm shops - you know the ones that sell fresh farm fruit and vegetables, cakes, beers and spirits etc. I always go in wanting to buy myself a treat but they are always so expensive and I often come out with nothing, but for some reason I always have to go in for a look!

leeCal

Yes @66Mustang Suffolk is a very nice county with interesting landscape, I think Norfolk is flatter as is a lot of Essex. I had family from Norfolk too at one time.

Farm shops are interesting but as you say expensive. I used to love honey but it’s too dear to buy now. Luckily I have a friend who has two hives and he gave me some beautiful honey last year free! He’s a good sort actually, the kind of person who will do anything for you without a thought about money or effort.  

janer1967

Nothing exciting planned for me, just done an on line shop

@leeCal an d @Globster your drives out sound really good , I have family in Norwich so have been to Norfolk a few times.

I really miss driving it is one of the things I find really hard not to do now with my disability it ids like some freedom and independance has been taken away

leeCal

Can you get an adapted car @janer1967? Though motoring is expensive actually.

janer1967

@leeCal Unfortunately this isnt an option I cant see well enough to drive anymore

leeCal

Oh sorry I forgot about that @janer1967. 

janer1967

And now I have ended my relationship I wont be able to get out and about now, oh well there are always taxis just means I cant get very far 

leeCal

Well I expect your son will learn to drive though that won’t be for a while yet! 

janer1967

Yes hopefully but by then he probably wont want to go out with his mum lol

I am sure he will take me out just about 4 years to wait

66Mustang

I agree driving gives a lot of freedom and independence and it must be a difficult thing to give up.

And yes motoring is extremely expensive. If I didn’t have my Motability vehicle I don’t think I could afford to drive any more. Insurance alone on a basic car would be £1000 for me at 27, I dread to think what it would be for a 17 year old! Even with a Motability vehicle it’s expensive paying for the lease and the petrol but at least doable. It’s also nice to know that anything that happens like a puncture is covered under the scheme so there are no unexpected bills.

Sorry to hear you ended your relationship @janer1967 but it sounds like it was the best decision for both of you in the long run.

janer1967

@66Mustang I agree motoring is a luxury now and dread when my son can drive hoe much it will be or insurance 

I must admit I am in two minds about the mobility scheme, I know all the extras are covered but the car is never yours and if you lose the award you lose the car. So  in some cases for it was the only fasir thing to dothose not needing lots of adaptions it can be better in the long run to use the PIP money to purchase one private, only my opinion

Yes I think it was for the best to end the romance must admit while it was a hard decision it is a huge relief off my shoulders and 

66Mustang

That is a fair point about the scheme. The one thing I am dreading is losing my award and so the car as it is my only car. However if I had my own private car I would be reliant on the PIP money to pay to run it so if I lost my award I would likely have to get rid of it anyway if that makes sense.

janer1967

It does make some sense but you run the PIP car so you are already used to paying that money out. Also you dint have to have a new car all the time you could get a good second hand one that will last and maybe if you did the sums it would work out cheaper over the long run

But I agree the scheme is less hassle free 

66Mustang

True I did do the sums and the Motability was 1p a mile more expensive (I think £0.34 vs. £0.33 a mile) all in, but I got a brand new car so I decided it was worth it.

I think a big part of the reason for it being good for me is that the insurance is included. If I was older and insurance was cheaper it may have been cheaper for me to get my own car!

janer1967

Yes a good point you make there about your age its just a concern that you pay all that money out and could lose the car but hopefully that wont be the case for you

leeCal

Also @66Mustang with a second hand car there is the depreciation factor and adding that in to the per mile rate could make a difference, obviously pro rata depending on the cost of the car.

do motability give you a new car every so often?

janer1967

@leeCal You get a new car every 3 years as long as you get enhanced award and have at least a year left on the award