I saw an advert in a local Southend paper for a 'mobility' shop. It said it was also "continence specialists". I know that we have to be politically correct and positive about things. For instance someone isn't deaf, he or she is hearing impaired. But I think the shop meant they were "incontinence specialists". After all someone who is continent doesn't need specialist help.

But the thing that really caught my eye was an "all terrain mobility scooter". What?? Do they want to go down the Olympic bike track (near Hadleigh castle)? Or do some people in Southend have such really dodgy pavements between their houses and Tesco's?