Today we took the 09:10 Southampton to London Greyhound. First impressions were very favourable, nice looking coach, very well fitted internally with lots of leg room and a decent recline on the seat. Beats Megabus by a mile and NatEx by 1/2 mile! Driver was friendly on boarding but omitted totally to make any announcements [...]
Entries from September 29th, 2009
CCTV shows bus smashing into Porsche
September 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Buses
“The moment a bus crashed into a £35,000 sports car has been caught on camera. CCTV pictures show the single-decker vehicle pulling out before smashing into a Porsche and a bus stop. It happened at Barnes in southwest London earlier this summer. It is reported the car’s owner had left the Boxster just minutes earlier [...]
Greyhound breakdown with the BBC onboard
September 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Buses
A week ago this post mentioned the Greyhound bus which suffered a ‘breakdown’ whilst Peter White was reporting from it for the BBC. This is how the BBC listed the report “Peter White normally catches the train to work, but as the famous Greyhound brand this week launched its service from Southampton (close to where [...]
Mystery solved
September 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Miscellaneous
A month ago I posted this picture and asked what crop it was. Yesterday I was passing the field where the crop had just been harvested and at the side of the field was the combine harvester with the farmer beside it. At last a chance to definitively discover what the crop was. I had [...]
The Test Valley Bus Game
September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Buses
Schoolboys have a history of inventing games. For example the Eton Wall Game, the first recorded game of which was played in 1766. Followed by Rugby in 1823. Now 2009 has a new game invented by the scholars of Test Valley School – the Test Valley Bus Game. The first Test Valley Bus Game was [...]
Cathy Buckle’s latest letter
September 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Zimbabwe
Dear Family and Friends, A barking dog, a bang at the gate and all sanity and equilibrium is gone as a young man hands over a piece of paper saying he’s come to disconnect the electricity. The printing on the disconnection notice is so faint it is almost illegible. Even with glasses it cannot be [...]
