Down the motorway to start from stockport once again so this beast is nice and warm. Well the cab area is. It says - 3 this morning and it feels it out here. I had this bus last night but had to take it out of service because someone dropped a bottle of wine in the lower saloon. Because of this i had to take everyone off straight away and take the bus in to be cleaned. The 30 or so people on the bus were not best pleased with him.
Nothing to do with your post but in the week leading up to Xmas (specifically, 21st, 22nd & 23rd December) are you running a normal bus service or a 'Saturday' service?
ReplyDeleteLast year, for the first time that I can ever recall, you only ran a Saturday service on these dates.
The easy way to describe it is. Saturday service with extra journeys in the morning.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting blog, being a bus driver in Manchester. You couldn't drive with a broken bottle of wine?
ReplyDeleteWere the "30 people not best pleased" whining?
ReplyDeleteNo not with a broken bottle of wine. Glass is the main hazard follow byt the trip aspect. Health and saftey along with the compensation culture means we stop where we are and get the people off before anyone hurts themselves.
ReplyDeleteStockport ain't been the same since the pie shop got shut down and demolished to make way for Merseyway.
ReplyDeleteGreat pork growlers they made and havn't had one as good since!
Watch out for low bridges
ReplyDeleteNice to have Ashton Depot's Spectra out on 216s yesterday (Saturday), it made a change from the usual Enviros that are normally used on this service.
ReplyDeleteEven the on duty Stagecoach Inspector in Ashton Bus Station managed to get a photo of it, I actually told him why it was there as he himself didnt know that it had loaned to Ashton Depot
lets hope the Spectra stays at ashton depot and hopefully its joined by its sister good to have variety
ReplyDeleteI saw an Optare Magic Bus on the 237...How did that happen? I mean I know theres a shortage but to lend the 'budget' bus semms harsh
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