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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 1453291" data-attributes="member: 12449">I'd echo the comments of Username.When I lived in Britain I never had a car - did a 'big year' which knocked up 405 species (not bad in pre-pager days) and hitch-hiked all over the place. Also did all my early trips purely by public transport - even got from the UK to South Africa (via Norway) without either driving or stepping upon a plane. I agree with the earlier posters that a car is not needed to get to all the best places ......but it sure makes it easier <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Now, I'm probably amongst the worst sinners when it comes to cars - usually do about 1000 km a week, this year more.</blockquote>