Hi Mike
It’s very much horses for courses with mobility scooters, you really need to think what your main uses would be.
A small folding ‘very’ lightweight scooter is really only suitable for shopping centres or very flat smooth paths.
If your main use is for a country park 1 mile away a larger non folding scooter with higher ground clearance and suspension would be a much better option, provided you have somewhere to store it of course.
At 1 mile away it would take 15 mins or less to get there with no lifting and a much more comfortable riding experience in the park.
Hope this helps just a bit of food for thought