Showing posts with label britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label britain. Show all posts

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Are Queen Elizabeth And Prince Philip Really Gettng Ready To Go Motorhoming...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip took a ride in a White Tupperware Container on Wheels recently adding speculation to the idea that they are looking to get away from it all at Buck House on weekends to join thousands of other Grey Nomads, freedom camping
around the Europe and the UK.
They were impressed with the layout of the motorhome which managing director at Baileys Caravans in Bristol said was Fit For A Queen.
The Queen was interested in whether there was a room for the corgis and the ever so funny Prince Philip couldn't resist comparing the top of the line motorhome with some horseboxes
he'd designed...



Sunday, June 29, 2014

French Workers Get Paid To Cycle To Work...

Much to the delight of some local commuters, the French government has initiated a six month experiment that pays people to cycle to work.
France joins other European governments trying to increase bicycle use, to improve people's health, reduce air pollution and
cut fossil fuel consumption.
Several countries like the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and Britain already have bike-to-work schemes with incentives that include payment per kilometer, financial support to buy a bicycle and tax breaks.
In France more than twenty companies employing over ten thousand people have already signed on to pay their staff 25 Euro cents or 34 US per kilometer to cycle to work.
If the idea has wheels France is likely
to keep it rolling...


Wednesday, September 18, 2013

A Beautiful Bedford Housetruck Named Agnes...

This beautiful Bedford housetruck seen
on The Tiny Life recently is very similar to the wonderful Rima Staine's gorgeous Horsebox housetruck that appears in Lloyd Kahn's fabulous Tiny Homes book.
Agnes, located somewhere in Cornwall has a marvelous drop down side door that can be used as a deck off the living area as well as some other delightfully designed features.
So why are you still living in a house...




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