Posted in Camping, Germany, Holidays, Rivers, Trekinetic, tagged 3 wheel wheelchair, camping, camping holiday, camping in a wheelchair, Germany, Holiday, off road wheelchair, Saar river, Saarland on 13 October, 2015| Leave a Comment »
On those rare occasions that my human leaves me to sit in another location, there is nothing nicer than mucking about on boats! I thoroughly enjoyed the views across the Saar river in Saarland, Germany on my latest boat trip…..
Trekinetic wheelchairs are all about adventure!
Posted in Germany, Holidays, Trekintic, Wheelchair things, tagged 3 wheel wheelchair, camping, camping holiday, camping in a wheelchair, Germany, Holiday, off road wheelchair, trekinetic, Trekinetic k2, trekinetic wheelchair on 11 October, 2015| Leave a Comment »
When left to its own devices, the Trekinetic K2 loves to be out in the wild camping. Here we see how well prepared and organised it’s campsite is. Enjoying a bit of German sunshine without human interference….
…..those precious moments when you’re not being pushed around!
Posted in Camping, Forests, Germany, Holidays, tagged Black Forest, camping in a wheelchair, Europe, Holiday, meet Wald, Schwartzwald, touring Europe, Wald on 5 October, 2015| 2 Comments »
4th October 2015
We left Kamping Alte Saghmuhle with a bit of sadness because she will be missed. We did however make a slight deviation from the route to stop and get a ‘not so little’ memento of our time in the Black Forest….meet Wald – that’s German for forest – because Wald is a log which used to be a member of the Schwarzwald or Black Forest. Hubby thinks I am mad, but I wanted a reminder of our wonderful times in the forest and I also needed a log for chopping my kindling for the fireplaces at home. Here’s Wald doing a magnificent job of hosting the camping kettle…
…and here, the flowers from the camper van….
…he wasted no time at all settling in to camping life and making himself useful!
Posted in Camping, Holidays, Trekinetic, Uncategorized, Wheelchair things, tagged bak-rak, campervan, camping in a wheelchair, dry wheelchair, trekinetic, Trekinetic k2, wheelchair camping, wheelchair carrier, wheelchair cover, wheelchair raincoat on 22 September, 2015| 2 Comments »
It has been too long….3 1/2 years too long in fact, since hubby and I have been on holiday. That is about to be rectified with a trip to Europe in search of rest, recuperation and hopefully a lot of sunshine. However, being a realist, and a British citizen, we understand well the vagaries of the weather so I am taking no chances that my Trekinetic K2 will get wet at some point on our route.
Having modified my mobility van into a camper, I didn’t want my wheelchair to take up precious space on the inside, so we purchased a Bak-Rak for it to go on the outside. A great plan for perennially sunny countries, but I was taking no chances with my mobility and therefore it needed a rain cover.
I was lucky enough to have found a bolt of ripstop fabric when I was last at Abakhan and brought it home with the intention of making an awning for the campervan, but it struck me that it was also the perfect material to make a cover for my wheelchair …. and that’s exactly what I did.
It isn’t a tight fit because that would make it too difficult to get the cover closed, but it has the general shape. The cover is placed onto the Bak-Rak and my K2 is placed on top of it. The wheels are clamped down to the base and then the zip is closed over the entire wheelchair.
Time and travel alone will tell whether this is a good design or not, but hopefully it keeps my wheelchair dry and therefore my bum dry for the duration of our holiday 😄
Posted in Camping, Holidays, Trekinetic, Wheelchair things, tagged campervan, camping in a wheelchair, mercedes vito van, mobility van conversion, wheelchair camping on 21 September, 2015| 5 Comments »
It was a VERY busy couple of weeks and in our haste we didn’t manage to take many pictures of our progress, but here is what we did….
Boxes built by hubby…..
3 at the back of the van; 2 towards the front of the van and at the foot end of the bed, and another additional smaller box built because I realised the distance between the boxes on hubby’s side of the bed was far to wide and would collapse!
Bed slats installed and held in place on top of the boxes using dowels and holes drilled through a few of the bed slats….
The kitchen – my favourite part of the camper van – it holds all of the kitchen gear and a crate underneath contains all of the dry foods ….
mmmm, no picture, but I will add one while we are on holiday instead!
Roll up blinds custom-made to fit each window and held in place by hooks on some windows and magnets on others…..
The mattresses were cut into various sizes and shapes to allow them to be used during the day as seating and then re-arranged to make a full mattress for sleeping.
I was very fortunate that a friend had given me a few rolls of upholstery fabric in exactly the right colour to go with the curtaining I had chosen from the stash in my sewing room.
Add in a matching tablecloth, table mats and flowers and you have a lovely English breakfast in the sun….
Our first weekend test outing was a resounding success and apart from a couple of changes and additions we are very happy with the results.
Really looking forward to a proper holiday soon.
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