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Going carless!


Having been inspired by Race across the world to challenge myself, I've decided to give up my car for a month in favour of alternative transport; I feel this will improve my finances, the planet and also my mental health. 

Often I feel unable to drive and it's been a repeated phobia of mine when I'm too ill to safely get behind the wheel. so I'm hanging up my keys and embracing bus and train travel and walking. 

So far it's day 2 and I feel better already - there are plenty of apps to help you plan your travel and we have just started Westlink in this area, a dynamic bus that can take you where you want to go. 

I'm delighted that a number of people are interested to know my progress so I will be blogging about my experiences. 

On my first day I got a half-hour walk, as did my daughter. I thought she would complain but instead she was skipping along, stopping to look at flowers. She is six. We then had a lovely chat with a lady at a bus stop and managed to make our way to the park. No stress of parking and the Westlink app is very slick, but sadly the bus wasn't the early one so I'm yet to give that a try. 

Watch this space. 

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