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Between These Times

From Lands End to the Scottish Boarder

Between These Times

From Lands End to the Scottish Boarder

Project Statment

Being visually impaired prevents me from driving and restricts me from having the freedom and independence that comes with it. Instead, I am constantly reliant on others for my personal mobility, often through means of public transport. As part of being disabled, I am issued a bus pass under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) with the intent to return some freedom to my mobility. However, this pass is limited significantly – it is only valid in England (Scotland and Wales are excluded), it is limited to local busses only (no coaches or trains), and most crucially and controversially, during weekdays, it is limited to the off-peak hours of 9:30 am to 11pm. Despite these restrictions, I am exploring what limited freedoms and independence this pass affords me – by attempting to travel from Lands’ End to Marshall Meadows by the Scottish border using only my concessionary bus pass and the local busses that it is accepted on. Along the way, documentation will show the journey and the potential trials and tribulations I will face attempting to make such a journey using impractical and unreliable means of transport for long-distance travel.

Project Statment

Being visually impaired prevents me from driving and restricts me from having the freedom and independence that comes with it. Instead, I am constantly reliant on others for my personal mobility, often through means of public transport. As part of being disabled, I am issued a bus pass under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) with the intent to return some freedom to my mobility. However, this pass is limited significantly – it is only valid in England (Scotland and Wales are excluded), it is limited to local busses only (no coaches or trains), and most crucially and controversially, during weekdays, it is limited to the off-peak hours of 9:30 am to 11pm. Despite these restrictions, I am exploring what limited freedoms and independence this pass affords me – by attempting to travel from Lands’ End to Marshall Meadows by the Scottish border using only my concessionary bus pass and the local busses that it is accepted on. Along the way, documentation will show the journey and the potential trials and tribulations I will face attempting to make such a journey using impractical and unreliable means of transport for long-distance travel.

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