Not owning a car is a great way to stay fit, save money, and avoid loads of hassle. This is a blog with thoughts, photos, ideas and links about carfree life: walking, active travel, public transport, places and spaces - things that matter to everyone, but even more when you don’t own a car. Photos are by me unless credited. Forthcoming: book on carfree life. Meantime, get in touch via email at carfreelifeoutsidethebox@gmail.com or Twitter @carfreebrighton
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Seen on a walk: Taunton, Somerset
Wandering around the centre of Taunton at the weekend, spotted this great street name: Whirligig Lane. And you probably wouldn’t see this from a car. As Wiki explains, a whirligig is “an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one member that spins or whirls.” Other names for Whirligigs are pinwheels, buzzers comic weathervanes, gee-haws, spinners, whirlygigs, whirlijig, whirlyjig, whirlybird, or plain whirly. Nowadays, it would seem that only the name remains, and modern Taunton has more shoppers than whirligigs.
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