Tweenawy Cross

No photos, sorry but a couple of bus drivers on the 12A agree that traffic is very light in the area. "Sailed through in no time at all." was how one driver discribed it. Hope it's like that on Monday when I working again.

New Duties and Traffic

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.

Congestion, here and there.

This is the Strand in Torquay. It is a major bus stop and due to an incident in Kingskerswell that was cleared fairly quickly four 12/12As all turned up at more or less the same time. To help out in this congestion creating exercise the Land Train which wanders around Torquay also turned up at the same time. The bus I was waiting to take over had to stop in the middle of the road which blocked the traffic. However the driver coming off the bus had seen the situation and as she came to a halt she just grabbed her belongings and left the bus. I got on and with a quick check all round to make sure it was safe headed for Paignton. The bus must have been stopped for all of ten seconds so not too much congestion caused there.


A little later in the day I came across this skip. I could see at once there was no way I could get past so I pulled over to the right, it's a one way street there, and let all the cars behind get through.
Eventually the skip driver got in the
cab and drove away but about 40 cars did go through which if I hadn't move out of there way would have brought the top end of Torquay to a complete halt.

Aren't I a kindly soul?