Drive.
When I was 17 all my rich friends got cars for their birthdays, so I became a passenger. Moved up to London when I was 20, and have never needed to.

Mrs V has never learned either - she's been in Landan since she was 3.

It does mean that when we go on holiday, we do get a significant amount of the local flavour from using local transport, which is nice.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 11:51, 10 replies)

Why is it nice having a reduced set of options
and being restricted in the places you can visit?
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 12:38, closed)

We're not restricted.
If we want to hire a taxi or whatever, we can.

But it's nice because we have to be slightly more creative and experimental in order to get about when we go, which means, as I said, we get a bit more of the local flavour.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 12:50, closed)

I started driving last year at the age of 38.
It's everything I always imagined it would be. In other words, it's fucking shit.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 13:15, closed)

Maybe you just need more practice

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 13:59, closed)

Yup, look on the bright side
...Like losing your legs means that you never have to tie shoelaces.
(Anthony Burgess' Chocolate Orange, Fri 6 Feb 2015, 21:48, closed)

It's nice for the places that they would otherwise be able to visit.

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 14:02, closed)

I do have a valid UK drivers license but I never choose to drive abroad.
The car hire and fuel costs may not amount to as much as a taxi but I find that when I am trying to enjoy myself I would rather not be subjected to a different kind of liability law and have to be responsible for a few grand worth of kit.
Surely only the poor drive themselves anyhow?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 18:44, closed)

Yeah
I often find, when sitting on an isolated outcrop embracing my wife, watching the sun set over the Grand Canyon, that the lack of a taxi driver waiting with the meter running really kills the mood.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Mon 2 Feb 2015, 19:48, closed)

That's why when visiting such places, we tend to stay the night.
Monument Valley was a paricular highlight:


( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 3 Feb 2015, 10:06, closed)

fair play

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 3 Feb 2015, 10:45, closed)