2.5
Disabled Traveller at a small town
Droitwich seemed to be ok, not a lot going for it, but interesting enough for a quick visit.
We started by visiting the gardens around the open air lido, (photo 1) very tidy and well maintained with spring flowers just opening up (photo 2) and we found a pleasant little duck pond (3) with fishermen settled in for a long day.
Following sat NAV we arrived at what turned out to be the public car park, 3 hours
free for disabled, as not sure at first if this was the car park for small supermarket or for public use.
The way down to St Andrews square looked inviting, (4) but there was a steep slope to get down, so applied brakes to help my wife hold back the wheelchair. The old sign for Droitwich looked interesting (5) which led past stores to toilets (6) The disabled seemed to be locked and could not see how to find anyone to get in, but it looked very small, and imagine it would have been very basic anyway (7)
The square looked nice, surrounded by small local shops (8) and we did find a number of coffee shops, (9) so drinks would be easy enough to get hold of. We decided that we wanted to see a bit more of town area, so took the side passage down to Main Street (10)
And turning right I was pushed up the hill passing old black and white buildings with quite a character about them (11) although we noticed the town was as most British places are neglected and such a shame to see the old inn falling apart (12). However, it led us to a small side street that promised more (13) and although character here, nothing else was (14), so we returned to the car park, with its real struggle to get up the slope from the square, and gladly left Droitwich behind us.
Droitwich seemed to be ok, not a lot going for it, but interesting enough for a quick visit.
We started by visiting the gardens around the open air lido, (photo 1) very tidy and well maintained with spring flowers just opening up (photo 2) and we found a pleasant little duck pond (3) with fishermen settled in for a long day.
Following sat NAV we arrived at what turned out to be the public car park, 3 hours
free for disabled, as not sure at first if this was the car park for small supermarket or for public use.
The way down to St Andrews square looked inviting, (4) but there was a steep slope to get down, so applied brakes to help my wife hold back the wheelchair. The old sign for Droitwich looked interesting (5) which led past stores to toilets (6) The disabled seemed to be locked and could not see how to find anyone to get in, but it looked very small, and imagine it would have been very basic anyway (7)
The square looked nice, surrounded by small local shops (8) and we did find a number of coffee shops, (9) so drinks would be easy enough to get hold of. We decided that we wanted to see a bit more of town area, so took the side passage down to Main Street (10)
And turning right I was pushed up the hill passing old black and white buildings with quite a character about them (11) although we noticed the town was as most British places are neglected and such a shame to see the old inn falling apart (12). However, it led us to a small side street that promised more (13) and although character here, nothing else was (14), so we returned to the car park, with its real struggle to get up the slope from the square, and gladly left Droitwich behind us.
