Car free day

Thankfully we didn't need to go out today. As living in a village with no buses would have meant me pushing DH in his wheelchair for around 6 miles to get to town !

Car free is an ideal that does not work for all.

Hmm. I might have tried, if I'd known. But since I'm working, 7 miles from home with no metro station nearby, it would have been hard. There might have been a bus though, or more likely I'd have cancelled my work today. A couple of short journeys tho.

I walk within a mile of home, I use the bus within 10miles (unless weekly shop or ferrying grandchildren), the car within 30 miles, train and plane for everything else - no doubt I’m on a wanted poster for abuse of the planet!

Didn’t know about it until today. We have used our car. Would have been rather difficult to pull our caravan home without it !

Didn't know that, but I don't have my car today. Left it at The Pheasant, where we went last night to celebrate son's mother-in-law's 65th Birthday. So, inadvertently, I have contributed to Car-free Day.

Totally off topic, but did you know that today, 22nd September is National Hobbit Day.
Apparently it's been celebrated since 1978.

Well I never.

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We rarely use our car now that we have bus passes.

Didn't know about it. We use the cars an awful lot less now anyway (v good public transport plus good old Freedom Pass) but will be using mine today since going to a charity tea party which would be a right royal PITA to get to on the bus.

Yes, our road is closed to cars from 2.00 to 5.oo PM. Lots of games for the children, soft drinks and cakes etc. Just a bit worried about the rain, but it is holding off at the moment, and they have a couple of gazebos.

Didn't know about it..but as it happens I'm incapacitated at the moment with horrendously bad back.....so no driving here!