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sandra_lindsey) wrote2010-12-17 08:38 am
sandra_lindsey) wrote2010-12-17 08:38 am
Intrepid Adventures
[I've not posted in a while, I know - sorry, life being hectic!]
My car broke as I was leaving work*. Managed to crawl it around the corner to the garage, where I left it with a note on the dashboard & keys through their letterbox. Having been 'rescued' by my husband and got home, we worked out that he wouldn't be able to give me a lift in the next day and as I wouldn't know until then when the mechanic would be able to fix it, I phoned my boss & took the day off.
My mechanic is rather lovely, and when I spoke to him the following day he said he couldn't get to it then, but he'd definitely fix it the day after. Which meant that all I had to do was get into town and I could pick it up after work. So I started coming up with ideas of how to get in (it's about 20 miles - takes half an hour or so to drive in good weather).
Idea 1: Phone a friend in the village, beg for a lift to work as a favour.
Idea 2: Ask my boss to drive out & pick me up so I could get in to work.
Idea 3: Phone a friend in the village and ask for a lift to the nearest bus stop, and get the bus into work.
I looked up the bus times & found the one I needed left at 7:30am. It seemed a little early in the morning to be asking for a lift as a favour, so I did the next most logical thing. I walked. 8.5 miles.
To be honest, I thought it was more like 7.5 - 8 miles, so it's a good thing I always allow extra time! And although everyone I've told thinks I'm completely bonkers for doing it, I've learned several useful things from the experience:
- yes, I am fit & healthy enough to walk 8.5 miles on a chilly winter's morning
- walking keeps you lovely & toasty warm (I did wear waterproofs as my top layer, which did a lot to keep warmth in & snow out)
- the first part of the journey is much more interesting than the second part - there's landmarks every mile or so on the first part and it's much more scenic
There were other thoughts I had about my farmers in Cariad - I've based the story in this area, and I'm definitely decided now that they won't be quite as far out as my village, but probably only a mile or two closer in to town. I also came up with a rough plot idea for a contemporary story about snow in Mid Wales bringing a couple of chaps together, but that's firmly on the back-burner since I have other things which need working on first :-)
*this happened a couple of weeks ago, for those of you who read my other LJ. It's not broken again...
My car broke as I was leaving work*. Managed to crawl it around the corner to the garage, where I left it with a note on the dashboard & keys through their letterbox. Having been 'rescued' by my husband and got home, we worked out that he wouldn't be able to give me a lift in the next day and as I wouldn't know until then when the mechanic would be able to fix it, I phoned my boss & took the day off.
My mechanic is rather lovely, and when I spoke to him the following day he said he couldn't get to it then, but he'd definitely fix it the day after. Which meant that all I had to do was get into town and I could pick it up after work. So I started coming up with ideas of how to get in (it's about 20 miles - takes half an hour or so to drive in good weather).
Idea 1: Phone a friend in the village, beg for a lift to work as a favour.
Idea 2: Ask my boss to drive out & pick me up so I could get in to work.
Idea 3: Phone a friend in the village and ask for a lift to the nearest bus stop, and get the bus into work.
I looked up the bus times & found the one I needed left at 7:30am. It seemed a little early in the morning to be asking for a lift as a favour, so I did the next most logical thing. I walked. 8.5 miles.
To be honest, I thought it was more like 7.5 - 8 miles, so it's a good thing I always allow extra time! And although everyone I've told thinks I'm completely bonkers for doing it, I've learned several useful things from the experience:
- yes, I am fit & healthy enough to walk 8.5 miles on a chilly winter's morning
- walking keeps you lovely & toasty warm (I did wear waterproofs as my top layer, which did a lot to keep warmth in & snow out)
- the first part of the journey is much more interesting than the second part - there's landmarks every mile or so on the first part and it's much more scenic
There were other thoughts I had about my farmers in Cariad - I've based the story in this area, and I'm definitely decided now that they won't be quite as far out as my village, but probably only a mile or two closer in to town. I also came up with a rough plot idea for a contemporary story about snow in Mid Wales bringing a couple of chaps together, but that's firmly on the back-burner since I have other things which need working on first :-)
*this happened a couple of weeks ago, for those of you who read my other LJ. It's not broken again...