Storebuilder Blog - Cycling to work/Fitness

Whoever said that was an idiot or a madman. Or both!

Back to the regular routine now that we've got the festivities over and done with and racked up 45 minutes on the stairmaster before making the office for 10.

Just before Christmas I put the car in for it's MOT and it failed on a couple of things but mainly the emissions which were way over the legal requirement so I drove it straight to the scrapyard and got £80 for it before getting a taxi home.

Fortunately for me the days of clocking up hundreds of miles every week are long gone and so there's no way I can justify keeping an expensive motor sitting on the drive, especially since I cycle to work most days (when it's not frozen over with ice and snow) so until the day when I can lose 2 or 3k a year in depreciation without thinking about it then I'm going to continue buying cheap.

I can't remember the last time I made a motorway journey and a car is just used for ferrying the lazy teenagers about who can't be arsed to get a job or going to the skip because the bin is full and getting a sack of potatoes fortnightly. I'll go over to my parents in Wales five or six times a year and that's as good as it get's. So I'll be back in the car auction looking for another bargain.

Tomorrow they've got a peugeot 306 cabriolet with only 44k on a W plate in silver that would probably be in my price range (under 1k) so I might wander up and see if I can't spectacularly blow my cash on an absolute dog.

Being temporarily car less and not wanting to risk my racing bike in the snow meant I had to catch the bus this morning as walking in the ice is asking for it. £3.60! £3 fucking 60p to travel three miles return is completely fucking ridiculous. It would cost me less than that in petrol in a freezing cold car. Where's the incentive for people to get on public transport?

It's a joke. All this talk about getting people out of cars and on to public transport is hot air. Last time I used a bus, which was admittedly about two years ago to get to the train station it was £1.20 single so the cost of travel will soon have doubled in just two years. A taxi would cost £4 each way so if there are two of you it makes more sense to do that and go door to door.

Privatising public service utilities was a horrible decision.

So what are we building this year to escape the rat race?

Scratchcards are a good market to go into. Like poker and bingo it's a market that will grow significantly over the next couple of years and I think it's a good market for a beginner to go into.

Slimming products as well are a fantastic market for you. Checkout moreniche for some comprehensive support.

Whatever you decide to do in 2010. DO IT. In 2011 you'll be working from home with a smug grin on your face watching pictures of those poor commuters trapsing up and down the motorway.

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