Tag: walking
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Stick to it
In our family car-free-dom we really enjoy walking and hiking. I have mentioned that once, twice or even three times before on this blog! One bit of kit that I was always a little uncertain about was the benefit of walking / hiking sticks. I know it sounds like you are getting a bit old…
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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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Non-slip
It’s that time of year when you get snow and ice where we live in Sheffield in the north of England. As I mentioned before in car-free-dom it’s great to wrap up warm and get out and enjoy the winter weather. If you are on foot and it is icy then you don’t want to…
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Let it snow..
It is the time of year we get snow in Sheffield in the north of England. It is a hilly city so the arrival of snow, and ice, for moving around can making things challenging. We don’t tend to get loads of snow like many places in the world – and some years we don’t…
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Some reservations
Booking train ticket in the UK can be complicated. However, on most train services you can reserve a seat as part of the ticket cost. Some train companies don’t allow seat reservations, for example, I have never been able to reserve a seat on Northern or South Western. Apart from local trips most of the…
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Sore feet?
In car-free-dom the good news is that you will be more active because without a car you’ll need to move around more under your own steam. On the flip-side if that moving around involves walking then you may get sore feet. In many ways having used your body to move around and become tired is…
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Don’t go around in circles
Car-free-dom means that when you head out walking – which we do a lot into the Peak Districk, UK – you don’t have to return to where you started. I mentioned these car-free point-to-point possibilities in a post a while back. By point-to-point I mean simply that you can start a walk somewhere, i.e where…
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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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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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