In primary school, Mum drove me to and from school. She would worry about me walking such a long distance alone. School was quite a few kilometres away, and there was a big road to cross. In the last couple of years of secondary school I started walking home from school, just to clear my head after school, and give me a bit of independence. Sometimes I would walk home with friends, if they lived near me. Mum would always come and pick me up after school if it was raining, or threatening to rain any minute. If I had already started walking, she knew my route home, so could easily find me and pick me up. Mum would always drop me at school in the morning, so that I could get every last minute of sleep !!