This weekend I decided to come up to Lancaster and visit my mum (whose own brief spell on benefits prompted this whole venture). Normally I would travel by train at £70 return, which means a speedy 2 ½ hour journey in comfortable surroundings.
Needless to say, that is not within my current budget.
Instead, I travel by coach. At £10 each way this is just about manageable. But it means a whopping 8 hour journey and coaches often make me feel nauseous.
“I would advise you to buy some travel sickness pills” remarks a member of my housegroup cheerfully, “but then I suppose you can’t afford them!”.
Nevertheless, I grit my teeth and get on the coach. In the end, it isn’t all that bad. But it does take a very long time. If nothing else, the Lent challenge is certainly going to make me appreciate train travel more.
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