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Date: 02 August 2005 15:10:20
I've just spent the day out in the community with a health visitor, on a short placement for a day, away from the hospital. I met the health visitor in the hospital this morning and after numerous phone calls we went outside to her car. I couldn't believe it when she walked towards the convertable Mini in the car park and unlocked it! When I got inside it did seem to resemble a space ship (rather like a people carrier I travelled northwards in, earlier in the year) - it had huge dials showing the speed and petrol levels and there were lots of mysterious buttons that I resisted the temptation to press! As we set off round Swansea, I began to wonder why on earth this lady needed such a car. It seemed silly that she had this fabulous convertable mini, when so many people don't even have enough money to buy essentials like food and water.
I had just finished having a rant in my head about this car, having decided I just had to accept that that was the way the world is, when we started driving out of Swansea, into the Brecon Beacons. With beautiful scenary all around, I suddenly realised I was driving through the Brecon Beacons in a convertable mini!!! WOW! The sun had come out, the wind was rushing through my hair and we were surrounded by amazing hills! It was rather difficult to not show my intense excitement, as I continued a civilised conversation with the health visitor!
I'm not entirely sure what caused my change of opinion about this car; whether it was the change from urban to country scenary or simply my acceptance of the vast contrasts that exist between the Western and developing worlds, i'm not sure. What I do know is that it was a mini adventure riding through the Brecons like that, especially as we finished early, so was home by 2pm!