Sunday 2 September 2012
I always wondered what that was for...
You have to love the intelligencia, don't you?
A couple of weeks ago, whilst I was waiting for departure time at Huntingdon Bus Station with a bus to the Oxmoor, a chap comes up to me and asks if my bus will be going to Cambridge.
I politely gave my usual reply, explaining that the bus was going to Oxmoor, and that destination blind at the front of the bus clearly stated so.
The chap moves to the front of the bus, gazes up at the said destination display, and replies to me "Is that what the signs on the front of the buses are for, to say where they're going?".
I despair...
Ok everyone, it's about time I resurrected this blog!
A lot has happened since my last post, indeed I've left my previous employer Stagecoach - henceforth known as Slavecoach, and joined the long-established family-owned local operator Whippet Coaches.
My reasons for quitting Slavecoach were manifold, to have gone to a smaller, independent operator, with lower pay speaks volumes in itself. I must have been either foolish, or hopeful, to have left a steady job, without at that stage another job to go to. Fate works in mysterious ways though, as before the evening was out, I had a job interview lined up for the following Monday :).
The rest, as the learned say, is history...
A lot has happened since my last post, indeed I've left my previous employer Stagecoach - henceforth known as Slavecoach, and joined the long-established family-owned local operator Whippet Coaches.
My reasons for quitting Slavecoach were manifold, to have gone to a smaller, independent operator, with lower pay speaks volumes in itself. I must have been either foolish, or hopeful, to have left a steady job, without at that stage another job to go to. Fate works in mysterious ways though, as before the evening was out, I had a job interview lined up for the following Monday :).
The rest, as the learned say, is history...
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Darkness...
Doesn't it fill you with wonderful feelings when you start work in the morning when it's dark, and you finish in the early evening when it's dark again?
Sunday 7 November 2010
Saturday 6 November 2010
Friday 5 November 2010
Freezing conditions...
This popped up on the dash of a Volvo B7RLE that I drove a couple of weeks back..., I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I stepped off...
National Bus Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bus_Company_(UK)
I wonder how many mourn the passing of the National Bus Company. I, for one, certainly do.
Here was a network of bus companies, covering England and Wales, together with coach services to Scotland, Ireland and the continent.
There were co-ordinated services between neighbouring subsidiaries, and for the most part, a more intensive service than that operated nowadays.
I wonder how many mourn the passing of the National Bus Company. I, for one, certainly do.
Here was a network of bus companies, covering England and Wales, together with coach services to Scotland, Ireland and the continent.
There were co-ordinated services between neighbouring subsidiaries, and for the most part, a more intensive service than that operated nowadays.
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