Andy Pickles admits it will be a strange feeling no longer making the three-and-a-half-minute commute to work each day in his electric wheelchair.
After 32 years operating a garage in the small Waitaki Valley village of Duntroon, Mr Pickles and his wife Sonya this week handed over the keys to their mechanic, Jac Buckland, who has bought the business.
Yesterday, they held a barbecue at the garage for their much-loved community, which had continued to support them while they overcame their own road-blocks to keep the doors open.
