Me-Before-You-by-Jojo-Moyes

‘I know it sounds mad. But I have to change his mind. So … so I can’t come
to the Viking.’
‘Why didn’t you tell me this before?’
‘I had to promise his family I wouldn’t tell anyone. It would be awful for them
if it got out. Awful. Look, even he doesn’t know I know. It’s all been … tricky.
I’m sorry.’ I reached out a hand to him. ‘I would have told you if I could.’
He didn’t answer. He looked crushed, as if I had done something terrible.
There was a faint frown on his face, and he swallowed twice, hard.
‘Pat –’
‘No. Just … I just need to run now, Lou. By myself.’ He ran a hand across his
hair. ‘Okay?’
I swallowed. ‘Okay.’
He looked for a moment as if he had forgotten why we were even out there.
Then he struck off again, and I watched him disappear on the road ahead of me,
his head facing resolutely ahead, his legs eating up the road beneath him.
I had put the request out on the day after we returned from the wedding.
Can anyone tell me a good place to go where quadriplegics can have adventures? I am looking for
things that an able-bodied person might be able to do, things that might make my depressed friend
forget for a while that his life is a bit limited. I don’t really know what I’m hoping for, but all
suggestions gratefully received. This is quite urgent. Busy Bee.
As I logged on I found myself staring at the screen in disbelief. There were
eighty-nine responses. I scrolled up and down the screen, unsure at first whether
they could all possibly be in response to my request. Then I glanced around me
at the other computer users in the library, desperate for one of them to look at me
so that I could tell them. Eighty-nine responses! To a single question!
There were tales of bungee jumping for quadriplegics, of swimming,
canoeing, even horse riding, with the aid of a special frame. (When I watched
the online video this linked to, I was a little disappointed that Will had said he
really couldn’t stand horses. It looked ace.)
There was swimming with dolphins, and scuba diving with supporters. There
were floating chairs that would enable him to go fishing, and adapted quad bikes
that would allow him to off-road. Some of them had posted photographs or
videos of themselves taking part in these activities. A few of them, including