While getting soaked by the unscheduled rain on my fake commute this morning I at least spotted “my” barn owls. Let me tell you, they seemed even less impressed than I was.
Wouldn’t have seen that if I were driving.

#FakeCommute #JustWalk #LowCarbonBirding #Birding #BarnOwl #TytoAlba #NotADuck

Today’s morning walk meant I got to spot a roosting barn owl. Wouldn’t have seen that if I were sat in a metal box on wheels - another reason to much prefer an active #FakeCommute to an actual commute in the car.

#JustWalk #BarnOwl #TytoAlba #LowCarbonBirding

Early Saturday walk around my usual #FakeCommute route and guess what? It was #NicerWithoutCars!

#JustWalk #Pedestrianism #BanCars #TeamBanCars

Far fewer motor vehicles deafening me on this morning’s fake commute - it was indeed #NicerWithoutCars

#FakeCommute #JustWalk #BanCars #TheWarOnCars

I listened to that episode of Rare Earth on a nice #FakeCommute by the river - here’s photographic evidence that #BedfordIsntShit

#BedfordUK #NicerWithoutCars #JustWalk

My fake commute was a lot nicer with far fewer cars - shame that was only achievable by being up an hour and a bit earlier than normal… thanks, unplanned and unwanted wakefulness!

It didn’t show up in the photo, but I could see Orion low in the sky for the first time this winter.

#FakeCommute #NicerWithoutCars #JustWalk #Insomnia

Nice crisply cold fake commute this morning. Not too many automobiles, a beautiful flyover of seven geese, a close bare-eyed view of a handsome carrion crow… half an hour and I head off to donate platelets, always a worthwhile way to use up half a day of annual leave.

#FakeCommute #LowCarbonBirding #NicerWithoutCars #JustWalk

An hour and a quarter’s #FakeCommute got me through about an hour of the Podcast I was listening to as I kept having to pause and rewind because even with the volume at maximum I couldn’t hear it over the cars and lorries. FFS, makes me want to #BanCars before I go totally deaf. It would be so much #NicerWithoutCars.

#JustWalk #TheWarOnCars

Nice to have the energy to drag myself out for a #FakeCommute this morning, and to need my long coat and trilby to keep the long-overdue rain off.
It’d be #NicerWithoutCars though. I can barely hear #TheWarOnCars podcast through my headphones.
#JustWalk