During lockdown things were tight money wise some weeks I was doing nearly 1000 miles just to get to work....that was painful and really drove it home just how sick I was of pumping gas to exist....that and the associated thing of being the govs best money lender!
Yes...!
I have some ideas using bits from old VW suspension systems that I think could work !It's amazing just how much stuff you can carry on a bike! I do hate shopping find it such a bore so try to do a month's worth in one! I actually carry a spare pannier bag cos one day one is gonna let go...
had a bit of mini freakout, abandoned the trolley, couldn't find the exit and eventually went to sit in the car, got a phone signal, rang my mrs and asked them to meet me outside.. they were in the bed department all along... I ended up going home and buying the bed online 
We've got some decent Independent shops locally so i shop there, sometimes on foot, sometimes on the bike, we rely on the internet for pretty much everything else including our weekly food shop..
I'm not great with the large chain store retail experience, last time i went to Ikea a few years ago to get my kid a bed.. i was already feeling pretty apprehensive about it having not been in a shop for years, my kid was hungry because he didn't have any breakfast so he and my mrs went to the cafe while i went to find the beds.. "ring me when you've done" i couldn't find the beds, my phone signal was zero so i couldn't find the family, i wandered around for what seemed like hours then i heard my name on the tannoy saying "Betsy, go to department such and such!" but i had no clue where this department was? I didn't even know what department i was in..
Yeah round my way buses are a joke....nearly £10 to do a 20 mile return journey....I've beaten that bus a few times on a bike by the time it's done all its stops. Last service back to my town around 8:00 from most local towns in the evening so a night out ...? No chance
