Beat the recession!
One of the best things about walking is that it doesn’t cost anything. Unlike the gym, there’s no need to spend a fortune on membership, special clothing or equipment. And virtually wherever you live, you don’t have to travel far to do it. Why not save on transport costs by walking at least part of the way to work, to the shops, to meet friends or by taking the kids to school on foot?
Remember too, the Get Walking programmes we run in and around Birmingham, East London, Manchester, Sheffield and South London are free!
See the savings you can make
Emma from South London commutes to work near Oxford Circus. Her weekly travelcard costs £36.80 and the journey takes an hour by rail and tube. She works out 3 times a week at her local leisure centre for around 70 minutes a time at a cost of £8.20 a week.
| Cost | Time | |
| Rail and tube | £36.80 | 10h 00m |
| Working out | £8.20 | 3h 30m |
| Weekly total | £45.00 | 13h 30m |
| Rail and on foot | £25.90 | 11h 40m |
| Weekly savings | £19.10 | 1h 50m |
| Percentage saved | 42% | 14% |
To save money, Emma bought a weekly season ticket (£25.90) to Victoria Station and now walks the 2 ½ km (1 ½ miles) to her office. Although it takes 10 minutes longer than the tube, Emma enjoys her daily walk through green Park and has cancelled her gym membership.
(From an article by David Foster in the autumn 09 issue of the Ramblers’s magazine, Walk)
Posted: Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, filed under Walking Tips.
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