Despite how difficult I am finding it, or rather how lazy I am being with regards to ditching the car and walking or cycling to work, I am actually doing very well at the weekends. Yesterday was another example.

I thought about what I wanted to achieve yesterday, which had I visited the shops I normally choose would involve taking the car. So I re-thought it, and identified shops more locally that I could get to on foot, and did this instead. I even carried a foot stool that I bought about quarter of a mile home! When it came to the time that I needed to go to town, I jumped on a bus.

And this might sound daft, but catching a bus to town makes me feel liberated. It's perculiar I know, but I feel so much more free when I jump on and off a bus, than when I have to worry about parking, traffic etc. And I feel so pleased with myself, for opting for a greener method of travel. I might not ever drive to town again!

And today will be another day without the car. Wearing the new walking shoes that I purchased yesterday, I will be walking to my meeting this evening too.

In fact most weekends now, unless I am travelling across country to see family, I am not using the car at all.