Problem in Sherborne Road

When I got into Sherborne Road, the bus station in Newton, yesterday lunch time the first thing I noticed was the ambulance blocking the road. I am not sure of the details but it appeared that a lady had collapsed while crossing the road. The ambulance turned up and the crew positioned the vehicle so it protected themselves and the patient from passing traffic, ambulance crews are good at doing that, it makes sense otherwise the could be dozens of ambulances blocking the road as the casualty figures climb through the roof.

Anyway it blocked the bus station for about 20 minutes and several buses were held up. In the end passengers walked back to where the buses were waiting and boarded. There is a big road there on the left and with the assistance of other stuck bus drivers managed to safely reverse and drive out of the bus station without too much of a delay, though there were 4 number 12s waiting at one time So if you were somewhere between Newton and Torquay and there was a bit of a delay it was down to this incident. There was also the problem of it being Bank Holiday weekend when thousands and thousands of motorist ignored the bad weather predictions and headed, with hope in their hearts and raincoats on the back seat, for beautiful Torquay.