Forgive me my transgressions whilst eating.
\nToday I have used and disposed of:<\/p>\n
7 tea bags;
\n2 mini containers of UHT milk;
\n1 mini carton of butter;
\n1 mini carton of strawberry jam;
\n1 serving box of Kelloggs Corn Flakes;
\n1 carton of cherry yoghurt with foil lid;
\n1 plastic bottle of pure orange juice;
\n1 plastic bottle of lemon lime and spring water;
\n1 plastic container for lemon and coriander chicken in a chilli pepper wrap;
\n1 plastic tray containing two slices of Soreen malt loaf (buttered) with foil wrap;
\n1 plastic pack of Coffee Primo all-butter shortbread;
\n1 plastic pack of Coffee Primo large eccles cake;
\n1 plastic pack of Galaxy hot chocolate drink;
\n1 complimentary copy of The Independent (to read whilst eating);
\nVarious plastic or paper packages containing small amounts of sugar, sauce, salt, pepper, vinegar;
\n1 plastic pack containing a bunch of grapes.<\/p>\n
I did buy a banana without any packaging;
\nI did also refuse a disposable carrier bag in Sainsbury’s;<\/p>\n
But: forgive me my transgressions whilst eating, for I am a helplessly modern traveller.<\/p>\n
Forgive me my transgressions whilst walking.
\nToday I have taken the following routes:<\/p>\n
– a walk down the centre of the motorway service station lorry park between two rows of articulated lorries parked, pulling in or preparing to draw away;
\n– a walk along the edge of the motorway service station slip road in search of a public footpath;
\n– clambering over a motorway service station boundary fence on the same search;
\n– sheltering underneath trees on a golf course during a downpour;
\n– a walk along a golf course approach road to connect with a public footpath (to a bridge over the M62 near J25);
\n– squeezing through a gap in temporary construction fencing on a pavement in Brighouse to get a better angle for a photograph of the canal;
\n– wandering around the expansive outdoor premises of British Car Auctions (riverside of the A644 Wakefield Road near M62 J25) to get a sense of the scale of vehicles on sale there;
\n– wandering around the Holiday Inn car park (uphill off the A644 Wakefield Road near M62 J25) to get a good view across the valley to the motorway and beyond;
\n– into the gents toilets at Tescos Brighouse without stopping before or after to make any purchases in the store.<\/p>\n
I did keep to the prescribed pedestrian routes while attempting to cross roads in Brighouse;
\nI did resist the temptation to investigate the snack bar set up just outside the motorway service station boundary fence, serving cheap and fulsome food and drink to truckers;<\/p>\n
But: forgive me my transgressions whilst walking, for I am an eccentric traveller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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