Tagged: voi-scooters
Man on a Mission
17 Apr 2021
I went rather outside my area today, as I went to pick something up from the Warhammer shop on Wine Street (Games Workshop as-was, and before that I think perhaps a rare retail outlet for Her Majesty's Stationery Office? I may be mis-remembering...) Anyway, a friend of mine wanted something picking up and posting to him, so I figured I'd knock some streets off my list along the way.
I first headed for the St George's Road area, walking down the narrow Brandon Steps and finding some strange wall art on Brandon Steep, then headed to the Old City via Zed Alley. The Warhammer shop visit was friendly and efficient, and, mission accomplished, I treated myself to a sausage roll and a flat white from Spicer + Cole, to take away and eat in Queen Square with its current decoration of hearts. I finished off with a detour up Park Street, looking out for St John's Conduit markers, before finally crossing Brandon Hill on the way home.
Quite a long wander, all told, and I'm a bit knackered today...
On the whole, I do like the Voi scooters, but they're aways going to suffer from the problem of people parking them in the middle of the pavement.
The scooters did seem to be coping with Bristol's hills. I've seen other people having to get off and push, but I know that Voi have several different models in circulation, so perhaps these ones have more wellie.
And again, the down side. It's fine for me to wander out into the road to avoid them, but I'd be more annoyed if I were pushing a pram or in a wheelchair.