Ditch the car this Saturday

This Saturday, 22nd September 2007, is World Car Free Day so if you're getting married in London, Birmingham or Edinburgh this Saturday and still haven't decided how to get from the church to your reception then its the perfect day to do it on foot.

Not sure how to work out the route? Walkit.com Skip the has all the answers with their award-winning online walking route planner. So there's no excuse for the eco savvy bride to be late for her wedding - even if it is expected!

Just go online and enter the name of the church where you're to be married, and then your reception venue and walkit.com will do the rest - generating a walking route map with the journey time between them.

Nothing could be simpler.

And even if you're not getting married its the perfect day to leave your car at home and head into the city for a day of exploring by foot. Not sure how to begin to negotiate a huge city like London or Birmingham on foot? Walkit.com has all the answers with their award-winning online walking route planner. They've generated an astonishing 1.3 million kilometres of walking routes across the streets and parks of London, Birmingham and Edinburgh in the past year. Your suggested route will include an estimate of the number of calories you'll burn, and the amount of carbon you'll save by not indulging in a taxi, car or bus.

Walkit.com team has calculated that if every route generated during their first year of operation had been walked at a medium pace, the site’s visitors would have burnt off over 13 tonnes of chocolate cake and walked 32 times round the earth.

Jamie Wallace, founder of walkit.com, said:

“Savvy people walk. It’s the quick, free, green and healthy way to get around town. No lycra or padding needed. No need for intimacy with sweaty strangers on the bus or tube. And best of all, no waiting - you’re in charge.”

Skip the congested roads and expensive taxis, avoid overcrowded buses and tubes - get out there and give it a go this weekend.