We started our winter duties on Sunday, not exactly happy with them. For one thing I am permanently on a Middle Rota. When we started on this rota, middle duties were those that finished by 8 pm. There have always been the old later finish, one or two, over the years but now 66% of the duties finish after 8pm and an other little point that I wouldn't normally bring up is that 20% of the remaining duties start before 8 am. A simple subtraction sum produces a figure of 14% of my middle duties are actually middle duties. All that glitters is not gold though there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, they will get changed again next May. Please for the better; or even sooner would be better.Today we had a good, sunny, warm day. The sort we could have done with in August. Everyone who could got in their cars and came to the Bay for a drive. Every time I went round a bend it was foot on break and gently roll to a stop and contemplate yet an other line of stationary traffic vanishing into the distance. As pulling back on the steering wheel and pretending the bus was a helicopter didn't work we ran a little bit late today. Sorry if you were held up, we weren't in the canteen drinking coffee I promise.
