Goodbye Old Friend...
Today I said goodbye to an old friend. A friend I have had for seven years, who has got me from A to B, and even C & D on the odd occasion, too.
Marvin T. Micra.
After a lot of soul-searching, and wallet-searching, I came to the conclusion that given his recent check up at the doctors (read: MOT at the Garage) it was time to put the old boy out to pasture.
For the first time in a long time I am without a car. The last instance I can remember was 2006 on my return from travelling, where I borrowed my mum's Micra between returning from New Zealand, and the purchase of Sam the Seat (Yes, I name my cars...).
These days I am within cycling distance from work, in fact it would take me the same time to cycle to work as it would to drive to a suitable (read: free) place to park and walk the remaining distance to the office. I am on a good bus route where I live, and only a short hop to Birmingham New Street on the train, from which I can get to pretty much anywhere in the country.
On the flip-side however, is the fact I go dancing quite regularly. I'm not talking the 'chuck out shapes on the dancefloor whilst drunk' type of dancing, but the 'social dances dotted around the Midlands that finish between 12 and 2 in the morning' type of dancing.
So this blog will follow my life after Marvin, and my new aim - to live life without a car.
I hope you'll join me on what could turn out to be an eventful new journey on public transport, lifts with friends, and getting back on a bike for the first time since secondary school!
Wish me luck!
Marvin T. Micra.
After a lot of soul-searching, and wallet-searching, I came to the conclusion that given his recent check up at the doctors (read: MOT at the Garage) it was time to put the old boy out to pasture.
For the first time in a long time I am without a car. The last instance I can remember was 2006 on my return from travelling, where I borrowed my mum's Micra between returning from New Zealand, and the purchase of Sam the Seat (Yes, I name my cars...).
These days I am within cycling distance from work, in fact it would take me the same time to cycle to work as it would to drive to a suitable (read: free) place to park and walk the remaining distance to the office. I am on a good bus route where I live, and only a short hop to Birmingham New Street on the train, from which I can get to pretty much anywhere in the country.
On the flip-side however, is the fact I go dancing quite regularly. I'm not talking the 'chuck out shapes on the dancefloor whilst drunk' type of dancing, but the 'social dances dotted around the Midlands that finish between 12 and 2 in the morning' type of dancing.
So this blog will follow my life after Marvin, and my new aim - to live life without a car.
I hope you'll join me on what could turn out to be an eventful new journey on public transport, lifts with friends, and getting back on a bike for the first time since secondary school!
Wish me luck!
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