I've been waiting 12 years for my owl to arrive... by now I'd be able to get wherever I wanted to without need for a car, walking or broom... Destination, deliberation and determination...
It would be a Hogwarts owl... I've often thought that pavements should be split into lanes. A fast lane for the walkers in a hurry, another lane for normal people walking at a normal speed, a lane for pushchairs, a lane for motorised scooters, a lane for tourists and a lane for dawdlers and people that get in the way! Or there should be a network of travelators (like you get in airports) that you jump on and they take you where you need to go.
Some interesting thoughts there Betty. In the UK to partly park your car on a pavement can result in a fine. Here they actually mark parking spaces half in the road and half on the pavement.
Never realised there were so many ambulophobes out there. Walking is one of life's great pleasures...especially when there's a good pub at the end of it.
Believe it or not I do actually really enjoy going for a nice walk, especially with the dog or by the seaside. I just get annoyed with town/city walkers! Going back to the descriptions, I have been told I glide but I also swing my arms so I don't fit the floater bracket... I'm very good at creeping up behind people without them knowing!
Ok i will change what i said earlier and clarify it a little. I dont like walking if i can bike. I am happy to go for a stroll with a friend or a wander alone just thinking and with music blaring through my head phones. I dont mind walking dogs, if they are obedient and walk nicely.
I am a walking fanatic - if its possible to walk I will avoid all other means of transport. It has got me into plenty of trouble over the years and a several close calls trying to get across dual carriageways etc. My youngest daughter has realised that a trip into Newcastle City Centre means at least a 6 mile hike there and back - she prefers to go with her mum.
All this walking styles talk is covered in the film 'The Waterloo Bridge Handicap' starring Leonard Rossiter. No. They take the Gravy Train.
To be boring - and honest - I love walking - where we live we are surrounded by forest and farmland so you dont have Betty's problem of fast lane slow lane etc - just miles of beautiful countryside. (but for Betty I think up-hill a crawler lane should be introduced)
