First stop was Boccia
I played two rounds of the game and wasn't very naturally talented at it - but with some practice it could be fun.
I.looked up the Boccia England website to find a local club and there isn't one 😒
From there were went on to look around all of the stands. We saw some good body wipes and shampoo caps but didn't buy them on the spot. Then we saw lots of wheelchairs and got serious wheelie envy over the all terrain and rising wheelchairs available. Sadly way out of our price range
A quick stop for lunch in the food court (we bought a drink so we could eat our picnic there. Too many dietary requirements to eat out safely).
It was then time to go to the book club talk at the Village Green where the author of my most recent audible book gave a talk about herself and her books (life of Pippa online).
This finished at the same time as the next talk I was interested in began on the main stage. I left my husband to buy Pippa's new book for me whilst I shot over to hear the next talk about going from non disabled to disabled. By then I was tired and in a lot of pain so had to recline my wheelchair to try and relieve some of it. The talk was by a former Marine talking about how he managed to create his own wheelchair which helped his.mental health. The financial side of his story didnt really ring true with me so he lost me a bit there. His chair was amazing though.....more chair envy.
We took another little break -essential for me to be able to last a day anywhere
Took an energy tablet and had a liquid IV drink
Then we headed off to see the stands we had missed, bought some sensory toys, picked up some magazines, saw some old person wide shoes (I need to find some nice ones for summer), popped to the loo and that was us done
A successful day, rounded off with a debrief at Starbucks in the atrium before we headed off to our van and home for the next event in life
Even though my visible band showed me I had only used half my daily points, I was, and still am, exhausted from the day. I wish the visible app picked up social and sensory energy better.
Today I have no plans except my earlier GP appointment (which went surprisingly well). Lots of rest and relaxing today to recover
