Oh the places we will go!!

An apt choice for her bedtime story the night before our next adventure!

We set off this morning to catch the train to Heathrow, chauffeured to the station by our neighbour. First a local train, then the intercity changing to the, fully accessible, Elizabeth Line for the final leg of the journey. We had booked passenger assistance, but this didn’t work particularly well. We were met off the first train by someone pushing a wheelchair, which we didn’t need. He did show us to the next train, but after that there was no one for the other connections. We discovered later that this was because the first person hadn’t marked the assistance complete on the computer, so subsequent stops were not expecting us.

As Ann was with us this time, we were able to manage by just asking staff for directions to lifts and accessible routes. We were each carrying two rucksacks, had three suitcases and a bag to coordinate, as well as Racheal’s chair to push. Quite a feat!

Racheal enjoyed the train journey. It’s my favourite way to travel too.

From Heathrow we were able to use a covered walkway, after making use of the Changing Places Toilet, to our hotel for the night. We usually stay at Premier Inns because they provide a free carer’s room. It’s a bonus when the rooms have an interconnecting door as our rooms here do. We also have a view of the runway which is quite fun.

Reasonably early night ready for the next part of our journey tomorrow.