Sitzkrieg!

My TravelScoot 'Sitzkreig' has arrived! I can now go into shops and even join a queue without resorting to sitting on the floor. Took it to yoga this morning and, unlike last week when I went with Harriet, managed to join in with some of the class (and not just the lying down bit at the end that I'm always really good at). I can also take Sitzkrieg right to the edge of the swimming pool, no more struggling on crutches all the way back to the changing room.
On the downside, Sitzkrieg progresses at 4mph (6km/h) walking pace which feels frustratingly slow by comparison to cycling.

TravelScoot is designed by a German engineer who needed a scooter small enough to stow into his self-build light aircraft (which immediately sold it to John). So when I said I was looking for a German name my son came up with 'Sitzkrieg' which translates as 'seated warfare'. Apparently the word originally came from the British press at the start of WW2 as a play on Hitler's proclaimed 'Blitzkrieg' (rapid mobilisation of motorised weapons) when not a lot happened and things got off to a slow start (how my son knows all this at age 18 when he didn't even do history at GCSE is beyond me). And, as Ali also pointed out, TravelScoot is motorised and I do sit on it. Besides, we always hear about people bravely fighting their cancer so why are we assumed to merely suffer MS? Seated warfare it is.

Fact: mobility scooters and wheelchairs are male, whilst tandems and trikes are female. Here's a quick recap:

Charlotte - tandem
Harriet - recumbent trike
Mac - all-terrain wheelchair
Norman - normal wheelchair
Sitzkrieg - as above - Sitzi for short  (I  pronounce with English S)

Quite a collection. Sitzkrieg is the first motorised vehicle, but I'm keeping options open with Charlotte and Harriet as electric power-assist is possible for both......