Today hubby had to take his car, son had to get daughter to school in my car, so I decided to take the bus to work

Two years ago I did my first bus trip in years, only managed a couple of stops and was panicking constantly. Today, I had to get the bus at 7.15am in order to get to work on time. I walked over the road, stood at the bus stop, no panic at all. The bus came, I was the only one on there! Paid my fare (£1.50!!!) that shocked me cos it was about 5 shillings and sixpence last time I travelled

A few more people got on on the way, but my anxiety was probably at about 1 out of 10

The bus was obviously early so we sat around at several stops for a while with the bus door open and it was about -20

I got off at my stop, and couldn't stop smiling that I'd actually done it and not really thought too much about it whilst on the bus

Kate