By: Dave

Dave
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:24:15 +0000

In reply to Steerpike.

I certainly remember rail rover tickets which I used to use (on BR) as much as I could.

And at 15 I was cycle touring staying in youth hostels miles from home. I called from phone boxes occasionally but that was it. My friends and I were on our own out in the wilds of Wales, the North Yorkshire Moors or the Lake District. These were some of the best holidays I ever had and my parents knew vaguely what part of the country I was aiming for but that was the extent of it.

I applaud Kirstie Alsopp for allowing her son to venture so far afield in a time what many kids don’t even know how to use a bus on their own because they are ferried everywhere by their parents. Consequently, they have no sense of independence. I wonder why so many youngsters are traumatised by life nowadays? (Actually, I don’t!)