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A round-up of our 2 week family trip in an Electric car – the BMW i3s

So it’s a few weeks since we came back from our trip so we’ve had plenty of time to mull it over and think about how we got on. I must admit to feeling a bit deflated since we returned Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
Eco Friendly Family Days out

GreenWood Family Park- an eco-friendly kids’ park

We had a really fun day in Greenwood in North Wales. I really recommend a visit if you have kids (you can’t get in if you don’t). I was totally impressed that ALL the rides are people powered or run Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
Eco

Centre for Alternative Technology – our most eco-friendly day out!

The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is a world-renowned Eco Centre & charity that’s been educating the public on sustainable living for over 40 years. We thought it would be a perfect stop-off on our trip in an electric car Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
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National Botanic Garden of Wales – family friendly and lots to do!

It is hard to tell how big somewhere is until you physically visit it. The National Botanic Garden of Wales was much larger than I expected – especially if you take into account the parts we didn’t go into but Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
Eco

A day out at The National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth

This was my boys’ favourite day out of the trip – they are big animal lovers and said that was why they loved it – they spent ages looking at all the various creatures and learning about them. Our hotel Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
Eco

A lovely family day out at The Eden Project

I’ve wanted to go to The Eden Project for years – it’s something I never got round to for various reasons – mainly as it seems so far away! We had been to a few gardens / rainforests already – Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
BMW

First few days and impressions of driving a BMW i3s

Firstly, I haven’t driven the i3 a lot – we have had a couple of 80 mile round trip journeys and several short ones. We have still to test it out more but this is what I’ve learned so far: Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
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Awaiting the arrival of the BMW i3!

So the i3 is arriving today, in a huge rainstorm! Luckily I’d already asked an i3 owner the stupid question ‘is it ok to charge an electric car in the rain’. Imagine if it wasn’t – EVs would never take Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
BMW

Meeting a BMW i3 for the first time

A bit about how we are able to make eco-friendly family road trip. The lovely Motor Vision who picked me as one of their 2018 Motor Vision Award winners are sponsoring me and Best Car Finder helped arrange a BMW Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago
Cars

Electric Car Anxiety

So as it gets nearer to our trip I’m naturally getting a bit nervous about certain things: RANGE ANXIETY The other day our car got down to 30 miles left and I started getting worried. The warning light had been Read more…

By lucy rigley, 3 years3 years ago

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