A Thing of the Past (Almost)

This is what our ticket machines look like today. Tomorrow, Sunday and for ever, they will be completely different, super duper electronic monsters that we have all been trained on over the last few weeks. But sitting in a nice stationary class room with a trainer saying do this, do that without a queue of people waiting to get on is a little bit easier than actually being on Torquay Harbour with 35 people waiting to get on and you're trying to remember how to issue such and such ticket. I fully expect that in a weeks time we will have completely mastered them and will issue tickets with the same confidence a magician produces rabbits out of his hat. But that will be in a week's time so if you are using a Stagecoach bus in Torbay on Sunday and for the next few days please be a little patient. (Photo of new machine tomorrow, I know you can't wait.)


The Balloon is up and running on the sea front, it started yesterday. One thing I did report was that it went up 400 metres. I got that information from the local paper, the Herald Express, but it was wrong. It should have read 400 feet which is only 120 metres, no where near as high as I expected. You should still be able to see 20 miles or more but not the 45 miles I reported a few weeks ago. Trips cost £14.00 adults £11.50 Senior Citizens (me) and £8.00 children. Bring your own camera.