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Impromptu drinks?
I have mentioned before that when travelling by train in our car-free-dom when things go wrong unexpected benefits can emerge. Most notably that it offers an opportunity for an impromptu drink or whatever is on offer nearby your impending or delayed train departure. The other weekend we were quite fortunate as both times (we were…
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Too much information
In our car-free-dom we were out and about on the train at the weekend. I’ve blogged a few times on train travel including – reserving seats, on-board temperature, getting a refund for delays and booking ahead. Something that can be really useful is live train information to know if things are running on time as…
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Too hot, too cold
I am a big fan of trains. But as I have written about before, of course, train travel can and does present a few challenges at times. Some challenges can be fixed by sticking on a pair of headphones, taking some quality ‘time-out’ from a missed connection, or by buying tickets well in advance to…
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Comfy shoes
I love walking around my locale as I’ve written about before in my car-free-dom, but inevitably you do go through shoes. In the last post I wrote about sore feet, so in this post I am continuing on a similar path (excuse the pun!). I seem to wear out shoes quite quickly. It is annoying,…
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Do fold
In this post I wanted to mention one of the most crucial bits of kit that could really help out your car-free-dom. And, no it’s not headphones, that was my last post! I have previously written about the cycling aspect of being a car-free-family. And this post is about a particular type of bike –…
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Are you listening?
I have previously written about how being car-free out-in-the-world means that you can feel a lot more connected with life than from behind a windscreen in your own private metal box. But of course there can be some downsides to being so in-touch, or in this case in-ear-shot of others. Recently on a train there…
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Money back
In an ideal world your train runs on time. As I have written about before a missed connection can be as much opportunity as challenge. But it is nice to get where you are going on time. Heading back from a trip to parents recently things were going very well with our train travel. Connection…
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Being on time
One the things you need to be for public transport – bus, train etc. – is on time. Unless of course whatever public transport you are trying to get is not on time. But, let’s assume that it often is. When we head out on a weekend to go walking in the Peak District the…
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Lost en-route
I have previously written about how cycling is an important part of our car-free-dom. As well as how ‘mediative biking’ is part of my attempts to try to stay calm in facing the inevitable motor vehicle traffic when peddling around. One way of trying to get away from the traffic is to focus your cycling…
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Missed connection
We went away over for a family break the Easter holidays and took the train – as we normally do when heading out of town. I have previously written about the challenges of train ticket booking in the UK – this time it was a different challenge, or was it an opportunity? We were heading…
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