A collection of random thoughts.
- No matter how nice the weather or how energetic I feel, it really isn’t a great idea to take an hour long walk into town when I’m in the depths of a chesty cold and am asthmatic. Especially when the return journey is uphill.
- It may be more environmentally friendly than taking the car, but walking into town really doesn’t save any money. Compare and contrast: 70p worth of petrol (ish – erring on the pessimistic side) and £1 parking costs (1 hour) on the one hand, £3.60 for coffee and pain au chocolat when you realise you’ve burned up all your energy and can’t move another step plus £1.80 for single bus fare back home again to get up That Hill [tm] on the other. And that’s not even taking into account the fact it feels more like an expedition than a quick shopping trip, with the associated temptation to spend more money while there to make it “all worth while”. Hmm.
- There’s no way I could do that writer’s thing of taking my laptop to a coffee shop, people watching is far too much fun. Plus, I am still in Woman With A Mission mode after years of dragging small children around town – can’t relax, need to get what I need then go.
- What a lovely meandering bus journey home! I do miss using the buses regularly, it’s so much more sociable and far less stressful than driving. If only they didn’t feel like a luxury – Worcestershire’s buses are the most expensive in the country apparently. It’s days like this you really miss London Transport. No, really.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Cat // 17th Mar 2009 at 10:58 pm
One answer: Weatherspoon pubs!! I once spent a whole day there, 7h+ just writing and blogging!
2 Lisa // 17th Mar 2009 at 11:17 pm
You don’t get coffee and pastries when you drive in? I admire your willpower.
3 Sheila // 18th Mar 2009 at 4:37 pm
Just think how many more years till you get your bus pass, dear!! Stephen has his and I’ve only got 7 years to wait…
4 Pewari // 18th Mar 2009 at 8:41 pm
Cat: now there I’d just people watch AND get tipsy… I may write, but I’d write in a very surreal way ;)
Lisa: no, I’m fairly good – mainly because of the “Woman on a Mission” state of mind. I have never really seen shopping trips as a leisure activity.
Sheila: heh, bet that’ll be something else they’ll have taken away by the time I get there as a scheme that just costs them too much!
5 Ys // 19th Mar 2009 at 12:31 pm
Buses are good? Try travelling on them round here. They’re usually full of drunks :/
I like that I can walk into town (it’s only 10mins) but really when I’m lazy on the weekend I do still get Ray to drive us … it just makes shopping that much more fun cos I can burn all my energy on the shopping rather than keeping some in reserves for walking back ;)
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