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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gill Osborne" data-source="post: 1453133" data-attributes="member: 143965">I only passed my test in January 2005 when I was 36.  Before that I lived in North Tyneside where there's a bus every ten minutes AND the mtro system so getting out and about was no problem.   But since movng to rural Northumberland you NEED a car!  When I lived in the hills it was a 45 minute walk to the bus stop in Powburn and then the buses were only once every two hours after 9am :smoke:  That's if they bothered to turn up!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />   Its not so bad now that I'm living IN Alnwick but even so the buses are not regular AND are blooming expensive!!!  Ans sometimes the drivers don't stop!!!  Last August the driver failed to stop in Craster and I ended up having to walk nearly 5 miles home which combined with the few hours' I'd been out birding & walking the dog probably added up to 12+ miles :C       I don't use the car much as I do a fair bit of birding around Alnwick now but twice a week or so - when I have 3/4 hours to spare inbetween finishing work and having to cook dinner before hubby goes on nightshift - I'll jump in the car and pop along to Cresswell or Druridge.   Anyway, cars aren't the evil planet-destroying monsters that folk think they are - over-population is the biggest problem these days and I think my NOT having kids balances out my occasional use of the car :t:</blockquote>

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