Yapmaul your original post about your trip out to broadstairs, with the fabulous shots of the italian icecreams and also the viewing of great train journeys in and around Kent tonight on the TV has got me thinking about my childhood...
As I kid, teenager (with parents) and as a young adult (and at this time a car owner, albeit a 'beater') driving trips out to the coast were a regular thing. Even day trips from Leicester (as far as you can get from the sea in the UK nearly - this title actually goes to a place Derby by the way)
How things have changed with the cost of fuel going through the roof, I now have an up to try and get a more 'free' spirit to our life, as a round trip in the Volvo would be a £80+ job!!
If I had a B and B or leisure based holiday business (tea rooms, hotel etc) I would be very worried with this ever increasing cost of motoring... I wonder if most if you like me tend not to use the car unless we have too?
Yes we use it for work and short trips to and from local leisure actives, but I can't remember the last time we set off, early morning, for a day at the coast. I know our recent lovely liquid based summer hasn't helped but perhaps this is what the green parties have been after? The disminished use of cars for leisure?
With my new up I have got the urge, with this lovely sun, to have a trip to the seaside now. Thanks for your post, reminding me life is not about four walls!
