Laura Seabrook's Ramblings

Working my way through getting to and fro that Gig featuring The Church. OK, The Factory Theatre is sort of between Newtown and Marrickville as per this map.

If I ride my bicycle to the station, then these routes (via Transport Infoline will get me there. The one that leaves (from Cardiff) at 4:03pm and arrives at 7:57pm might be a bit too close, since the gig starts at 8pm, so the one that leaves at 3:48pm and arrives at 7:25pm will have to be the latest. Getting back, well these seem to work, though there;'s a big gap between leaving at 12:59am (and arriving at 4:23am) and 2:51am (and arriving at 6:29am).

Not riding the bike, going directly from and to home by bus gives different results. The latest I can leave is 1:49pm (arriving at 5:52pm!) and for coming back it's either leaving at 12:51am and getting home at 6:48am (with a 2 hour wait in Cardiff) or leaving after 4am from Marrickville! 

The difference is that these pages calculate connected travel. The first set doesn't include time spent riding from Barnsley to Cardiff Station or vice versa. I have some time to think this over, but riding the bike's looking good. It'd simplify things if I was going with someone and staying with them that night, but that's not an option.

And of course I still haven't bought a ticket to the show yet - that's going to involve a trip to a Ticketex agency sometime today (can't do it over the net as no credit card).

Met a 70+ old woman on the bus yesterday who was talking her dog to the vet in Wallsend.

We were chatting about pets and dogs and things and it was really nice doing so. Anyway, she has 10 dogs and two cats (who apparently keep the dogs in line) and rides her mountain bike all around Newcastle to visit friends. In decent weather she'd be out riding the bike.

Definitely an inspiration to me. Maybe I should be riding my push bike a lot more, and the electric scooter less.

I won the e-bike - mine was the only bid!

Now all I have to do is pay for it and pick it up from Medowie.

Anyone out there with a vehicle able to drive it back to me?

I have a counselling appointment this morning at Wallsend Community Health.

Kevin fixed the breaks and gears on it yesterday and Sunday, so I'm going to ride my bicycle to Wallsend and back. Should be fun, could be interesting.