Buses

Well yesterday I took the plunge and said we were getting new buses, Enviro 400 's and expressed a hope that the security screens would be the sliding type. Someone at work who talks with a loud voice and so must know what is happening said I was wrong about them being 'New'. We are getting previously owned buses from Manchester and the screens are fixed. I think I will wait until they turn up and then post a photo or two.

The photo above was taken on one of our new buses, a low floor single deck Dart. Taken last year in September, I was traveling passenger not driving. They don't let me near the Torquay Local routes any more. Very modern, very quiet and smooth ride, unlike some of the older Darts which can be noisy, bumpy and uncomfortable.

Road works on the sea front reared their ugly head to day, coursing a few delays but we cooped, we almost always do. Mind you, it is half term so no school runs to slow us down. Had a near miss at the lights at the road works, as I approached they turned to red so I braked gently to stop. Suddenly there was a screech of tyres desperately trying to keep their grip on the road as the van behind, the driver of which had expected me to keep going as the bus was hiding the traffic lights from him. Maybe he thought we had all been driving slowly for the last half mile for the fun of it.