Tag: car-free
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Waiting for the tectonic plates to move
There is a very funny comedy panel programme in the UK which has been going for years – ‘Would I lie to you?’. In one episode David Mitchell, one of the two team captains, was quizzed about his lack of ability to drive a car. David was asked by one of the panel members, who…
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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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Duped?
Being car-free I spend a good amount of time walking around near roads – you know just getting to the shops etc. At times I watch the drivers – I find it quite fascinating. Besides getting generally annoyed about being unable to avoid the associated car noise and smell, and having to wait for a…
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Tweet tweet
Can you hear the birds sing whilst driving in your car? Well, no, of course not! As I have blogged about before you miss a lot when you are encased in a metal box with windows on wheels. It is spring time here so the birds are signing which is really soothing. Their songs are…
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Bit of a shock
Walking in the streets around your house is normal and everyday if you are car-free. You head out of your front door and you walk. OK you might also be wheeling, or cycling, or something along those lines – but in car-free-dom you are often likely going to self-propelling your body around your locale. Car-free…
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Not getting hooked
In some news you read that car ownership by younger people is dropping. Other news suggests that is it generally rising and seen as a more achieveble ‘status enhancing’ purchase than a home. Looking at a fairly recent review of car ownership trends in the UK it is not so clear. Some people are saying…
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We don’t need roads..
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…
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12 weeks ahead..
In our car-free-dom we use the train quite frequently. As I have written about before there are many benefits from travelling on public transport not being encased in your private car-box where you just see the world through a windscreen. The train system in the UK is good at times and less good at others.…
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Car-free walks
About ten years ago when staying in a YHA in the Lake District in the UK I noticed a poster promoting the website called Car Free Walks. Car Free Walks describes itself as “a community-driven outdoor website provid[ing] walks free of cars and free of charge. Every one of our walks can be reached using…
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Why so radical?
In many ways being car-free is not very radical. In the UK 22% of households are without a car. So with 28.2 million households that means 6.2 million car-free households in the UK. Which means that if you live in a car-free household you are not alone! For some people not having a car will…
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