I’ve broken down twice in the past 6 weeks and both times it’s been on the final journey of the day back to the depot to sign off. This really is bad luck. Today I was just 2 miles out of Salisbury and again a coolant pipe split causing lights to flash on the dashboard and bells to chime. I don’t think it’s possible for a Winchester bus to break down further away from it’s depot than here. So, Andover depot came out and replaced the split hose in a very efficient manner.

Of course I was late back to the depot and, of course, the company will pay the overtime for my being late to book off. But I really don’t want the overtime, I’d much sooner have been home earlier. Why don’t my breakdowns occur during the day when I’d miss a trip or two and still finish on time?