TRANSPORT IMPACTS

I felt like it would be nice to just have a little bit of bloggin time where I just write about nice or interesting transport experiences I’ve had. 

Currently, I’ve just started work 20km from my home and about 7km from my grandma’s place.  I am equipped with a bike and legs, my parents are often going passed (in a car) my work to head to see my grandma or their work.  There is a minor train station (not all trains stop at it) about 2km or so away.  I live about 1 km from a station.  There is also a bus route from about 500m from my house to my work. So I’ve got options….. and I’ve been using them.

Mon – Lift with mum in – nice to catch up with mum / then rode to my grans for dinner (she cooked for me she is so sweet) and the rode to the station and got the train – nice riding although there was a bit of a head wind and I built up a sweat

Tues - Bike/train in – train was late but so was I and I got to read my bike and fly down my hill / then rode to a nearby hospital in the afternoon to see my sister and drove back with her and mum – it was a nice cruisy ride around the lake to the hospital, lovely to see my sister

Wed – Rode to work via Wallsend – ran into a bunch of old timers meeting for a bit of a ride together and they were all so happy and friends and helpful too – I managed to find my way to a very new incomplete bike path from Wallsend to to Glendale, it went through the bush and was completely away from the road… What a find / Rode back from work through a gully in kotara which was peaceful, funniest thing that happened was a guy stopped at the traffic light started ordering a small fries and coke from me

Thurs - Just rode in before writing this.  Along the kotara road - sadly I’m not sweat free on arrival and have to change which is really not my thing.  But I make sure I still where a nice skirt while riding just cos it feels nice.  Cutest thing I saw today was a lady dinking her kid to school, with the kid side saddling on the crossbar.  

I have had some really lovely interactions.  I think I said ‘mornin’ to about 20 people walking/ riding and have had some nice smiles and even waves from people in cars.  This is only in my first week and in an apparently ‘bike unfriendly’ city.  I look forward to riding more and hope that to see more and more bikes everyday - in a similar way I did in Sydney over the last 3 years.

I will confine my writing to only my amusing encounters as I ride along on my bike, train, bus or car….