The title of this blog is that classic quote from the end of the film Back to the Future. In that situation it was about jumping into a time machine which was a flying DeLorean car to travel into the future. Which is not so much what this blog post is about – but it is about not needing roads (for cars).

The road that is not needed if you are living it up in car-free-dom is Snake Pass in the Peak District in the UK. Well I say not needed, but what I mean is not needed for cars, motorbikes etc. to drive on it – but instead needed for cycling and walking.

There was a recent news piece that caught my attention as it suggested that my wish could be granted! The situation with this road that winds through the Peak District between the cities of Sheffield and Manchester is that landslips are making it too expensive to maintain.

That photo is not of Snake Pass by-the-way, but I liked it to use here. So a suggestion is that the road could shut to road traffic – although I guess some people who live on it might need to use it – and left for walking and cycling. This sounds wonderful to me!

I read the news piece about Snake Pass after being on a walk near it the weekend before. The noise that comes from vehicles on it – particularly motorbikes – is so sad given how fantastic the scenery is around it in the beautiful Peak District. So the glimmer of a possibility that all the noise could be banished sounded amazing!

We’ll see what happens about Snake Pass in the coming months. But fingers crossed that it could be on its way to a car-free future!