Paper chase

Nicola & Pete plus daughters Lola, now 9 and Nell, now 7, spent last year exploring Britain in a carbon-light manner. Our spring 2008 challenge is to give up waste from 24 March to 24 April. Most posts are by Nicola (as it was her silly idea). This is how it’s going:

On the way up to Norfolk I want to get a newspaper, at the train station but Nell stops me. "Don't do that," she advises, "just pick up the ones everyone will leave on their seats when they get off at Cambridge or King's Lynn."

Verdict: It's a good idea and as a result we take home to enjoy Paris Match, the Times, the Daily Mail (!), the Independent and a trashy gossip magazine, New!.