The recent comment about trolley shoppers has promoted some healthy debate about how old you have to be, how sad and what gender to own and use one.
We have resisted but the overwhelming advice is “do it but let the lady drag it around, walking at least 10 paces behind and looking disconnected” (situation normal, no idea why that even had to be proposed). Do we want to be this trendy?
For the technically minded:
The definitive advice on procuring a trolley shopper came from Stephen today – an experienced man who has managed to eat during long cruises to France in his Nauticat yacht and who doesn’t have long arms. So, if you feel the need for one here are his words of wisdom:
“As only the missus will actually be driving, any old spec will do, preferably something from a charity shop, although take care to look out for signs of incontinence staining and other geriatric abuse. We are on our second one as the first one suffered axle failure following a trip to the wine caves of Brittany. Always looking around the charity shops for a low mileage tandem twin axle job in good clean condition preferably from a non-dog owning private home (some old ladies transport their pooches in them) rather than a council tenant cast off which may have traces of illegal substances...... awkward with the customs officer aboard.”
We await any contradictory advice from Bob and Lin who have been liveaboard yotties and trolley shopper addicts for a while now. They even took theirs transatlantic recently.
Should any of you want 1:1 coaching on the subject, we can pass your emails on to Stephen of course…..
