For the first time since the wife changed her job I missed my morning walk. She’s finally got fed up with spending two hours on the revised bus route and asked me to drive her to the nearest train station.
Since the new timetable was implemented, the bus picked her up by the side of a dual-carriageway on an unlit deserted stretch of road where (if I wasn’t with her) she’d be standing alone in the dark… not safe at all. The bus would then meander around several suburbs before joining the crush on the M2 car park taking hours to get her to work.
In contrast I drove 15 mins to the nearest train station. From there she can catch a train, ride in relative comfort and safety for 50 mins and get to work relaxed and far earlier than is possible with the bus
No competition really is there?
The only problem is that it’s too late for me to go out walking with the dogs. I think I’m just going to have to bite the bullet and go later on… probably after I come back from having taken the kids to school. It won’t be quite as good… nor will I have the motivation of actually being *out there* to begin with… but we’ll see.
Can’t go today anyway, I have to go see the ‘diet doctor’ this morning… I’m sure the new arrangements won’t go down too well with him.
It went down even less well with the dogs who were frantic when I left without them this morning! Awww….
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