Not the first daffodils I have seen but the first I managed to photo whilst I was waiting to take over a bus on the Strand. Paignton and Brixham are just about visible in the background. Talking of Brixham a little news appeared in the local paper that might be to do with Brian Souter's visit here this week. The council have announced a £5 million plan that is still in the pipeline for a new fast catamaran ferry service linking Torquay and Brixham. Which Stagecoach hope to run. I have heard that it will take 8 minutes to make the trip to Brixham against 40 minutes on the bus. Handy if you are in a hurry.
We, that is Torquay, were on the BBC 24 Hour News to day. It would appear that there is a worrying amount of debt in the area, a lot more than the national average. The program came from the Pavilion which adorns the Sea Front/Harbour area. There are those who hope to turn it into a Casino. Torbay Council have recently won the right to open one of the new smallish casinos that the government are to licence up and down the country. It is obviously hoped that all those people in debt can come into the casino when it opens and win enough money to pay off all those credit and store cards which amount to a large part of the debt. What a great idea. Good luck to them.
Been quiet on the buses again. Be even quieter next week; it is half term so no lovely school runs to look forward to.
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At least there is a lifebelt for anyone drowning in a mountain of debt.......
wonder if we'll need to be route learned or if we'll get vehicle familiarisation if this new idea for the catamarans come true!!
I want to know if we will be able to use our staff passes to travel on the ferry.
The rumours about the Stagecoach ferry service across Torbay appear to be true.
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