John & Ann commented that the access to the moorings at Hilperton are via steps. This is so but if you advise the manager of your particular needs, I am sure they will "arrange" your boat to be boarded near the Diesel pump. There is a ramp there (No steps, near the slipway,) and this acces can be used by wheelchair users. Having spent a lot of time in this location, I got to know the staff there. They are particulary helpful people. I know that they will sort things ot and make access very easy for you. Regards. ~Allan~ Phew! What a lot of advice you have received in a couple of days! I hope you haven't got confused. ALL the advice appears excellent.
--- In [email protected], "Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "John and Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > We will need a wheelchair to use if he is ever to go much further than 100 > yards from the boat and we don't have room to take one with us in the car > and it will be a Saturday afternoon arrival when the local Red Cross is > likely to be closed. We have found a hire centre that can help but at £50+ > for hire and delivery it seems a little steep. Anyone from the Hilperton, > Trowbridge areas got any ideas? > > Could the boatyard collect and return the wheelchair for you if the Red > Cross will be closed when you are collecting and returning the boat? When I > went boating with a broken leg a few years ago on Copperkins, the local > OwnerShips manager collected and returned the chair for me. I had contacted > the Red Cross in that area and had arranged everything . I seem to remember > that the hire of the wheel chair was either free or very modest and I was > glad to send them a donation. Having the wheelchair meant that I wasn't > confined to the boat for the whole holiday. > Re access at Bristol, I seem to recall that access to the mooring pontoons > is via a set of steps but there may be wheelchair access at some other > moorings. The harbour masters there are very helpful and will be able to > tell you. > > Ann > > Ann and Iain Street > NB Gamebird; One tenth NB Copperkins11 > Web site http://www.nbgamebird.co.uk > Scottish Inland Waterways Association - http://www.siwa.org.uk > Bridge 19-40 Canal Society - http://www.bridge19-40.org.uk >
