Tony is going for a weeks respite holiday at Kielder Forest in Northumberland at the beginning of June. We took him to look around a week past Sunday and booked and paid and filled in two five page forms while we were there. They wanted a holiday pack of medication for him. I'd never heard of that but checked with our chemist who wouldn't do it because he doesn't normally get his medication in blister packs???? He does get his medication from them with the script going straight from the surgery electronically. Well he did, now he gets it from the chemist a couple of miles away who will do a holiday pack. Then I had to sort insurance out, Go Compare and Saga, £52.00 so compared to the rest of the quotes I thought I did well with that. Then instead of the receipt I was expecting I received an Invoice for the full amount of the holiday which we'd already paid and even more frightening the two sets of blank forms and an extra form to list his medications. It took me hours to sort it all out.
It will be worth it though he will be able to go bird watching and use his camera they will take him round the reservoir and surrounding areas in a seven seater golf buggy. There are trips out on Kielder Water to see the Osprey's nesting site and they even have a boat they can push them straight onto in their wheelchairs. They also have a full course of outdoor activities, I know he's keen to try the archery but I'm hoping he tries the absailing as well they do it in a wheelchair. They've decided this is the best week for him so they must think he'll fit in well with the others staying that week. There are 13 rooms for disabled downstairs in the main building and we're lucky the Calvert Trust have three centres around the country and this one near us is the only one doing this for disabled. He can't wait.