Driving , apprehension, COVID etc ….
I used to leave the house at 6.40 am every morning to go to school .The journey took me 30 minutes driving in the dark and I thought nothing of it .Admittedly I was not driving on busy roads but I would occasionally get deer and hare leaping out in front of me .I also used to drive to Toulouse , the main city in our area and as long as I knew exactly where I was going, I was ok .
I retired in 2020 and no longer have to go out so early but I too have lost my confidence as I hate driving in the dark now.Everything feels so fast , I get dazzled by headlights etc etc . There is no way I could drive in the UK.It feels frantic and the roads are so busy .The roads are good in France, the motorways are nowhere near as congested as in the UK but I still feel quite anxious, even as a passenger .I am a blinkin nightmare in fact .Fortunately I have a calm, patient hubby ! I have been driving him to and from his physio appointments as he has only just got behind the wheel again . So I get it !!! Road trip holidys are not for me !! I love the train 😉
Going out ? I love the Spring and Summer when there are lots of things going on, long , bright days , all fine .I am not so keen in the winter and am perfectly happy staying in reading my Kindle or watching silly telly .That’s ok xx
SG if we lived a bit closer I would drag you out ( in the daytime!!) for a coffee , making sure I got home before dark 🙂
Love to everyone strugglin with stuff xx