Tag: transport
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Car-free quiz
In the last post I was mentioning the great opportunity in car-free-dom to play card and board games on the train. On that theme – who doesn’t like a quiz when they are travelling around car-free for having a bit of fun? OK, so if you don’t enjoy a quiz this is the time to…
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Train games
I have written a few times about train travelling being important in our car-free-dom. This has included about the need to book in advance, the unintended benefits of any delays, getting your money back if things really don’t go very well, and recommending to book seats. Another great thing about being on the train is…
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A dilemma
We live in a city in the UK – Sheffield. It is fairly hilly city for the UK. Although in other parts of the world I imagine it would be regarded as quite flat. The thing with hills is that they create daily dilemmas in our car-free-dom for how to move around. But why I…
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Clean boots
In my car-free-dom I do think about my feet quite a lot. Well you need to look after them as they are crucial to getting around! Previously I have blogged about the dilemmas of findings comfy shoes as well as some ways to help to avoid getting sore feet. One thing you can do that…
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A bit cross
In the UK about four years back the Highway Code was amended. An aspect of the changes was about clarifying a ‘hierarchy of road users’. This hierarchy “places those road users most at risk in the event of a collision at the top of the hierarchy” – which was/is encouraging. How well you find people…
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Who doesn’t love a cycle lane?
A recurrent theme in these blogs (such as) about car-free-dom is a general idea about there being an unquestioned acceptance of the (growing) presence of motorised transport in our lives with a connected bias to not judging motorised transport “objectively and dispassionately”. I don’t want to not get too language heavy in this blog. But…
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Bit of a bonus
As I have mentioned more than one or two times before in our family car-free-dom we often get the train around the UK. Given the money we save from not owning a car – we probably go away for trips more than most. Not so long ago as normal we got the train for a…
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Running on time
A main bus route for us to head out of Sheffield into the Peak District for walking/hiking over recent years has been the 257 bus. I have previously written about the challenges of when a bus doesn’t show and the need for back-up travel options or a cosy cafe or pub to hand. Last year…
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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…
