Man travels from London to Morecambe by bus in under 24 hours
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maomao
普費斯
A coach is a type of bus.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Don't confuse him.
JimW
支那暗杀团
I've done the twenty four hour plus sleeper buses here (reclining seats made for people shorter than me), think I've told the story about the one that overheated crawling up and down the himalayan foothills between panzhihua and lijiang, driver opened radiator and got showered in scalding water poor sod, so he dropped his trousers right there in front of us all.
skyscraper101
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24 hours on public buses is not something I fancy. Especially as I used to regularly get London's slowest bus route from Russell Square to Putney and it could take upto 2 hours getting home (sometimes more if Chelsea were playing at home and it went on diversion).
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
By way of compensation?
I'd have preferred a free bus ticket but if that's all he was offering...
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Not so much for the chap in the bottom bunk…Mumbai to Goa took 15 hours. But the bus had bunk beds instead of seats, and that's when my partner and I first got together, so it was a lot of fun
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Yes... But actually no.
You can use a coach as a bus but you shouldn't use buses as coaches.
I've worked with many many coach drivers (as part of the festival industry).
They really don't like being called bus drivers and will happily spend plenty of time explaining the difference to you... if you'll let them.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
I read this book about a fella who did Land's End to John O'Groats by bus (and definitely NOT coach as he specifies).
Was quite a good read
Was quite a good read
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Gromit
International Man of Misery
Long wheel base coach.Is this a bus or a coach?
Looks to be a 52 seater to me.
Jesus it's sad I know this shit. I've spent way too much time working with coaches.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It's a bus.
maomao
普費斯
Tell them to buy a fucking dictionary.
T & P
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Saul Goodman Well it might be used as a bus, but for me a real bus is the type of vehicle that is seldom used for long journeys- or at least it was seldom used until the advent of Megabus. That is certainly the spirit of the journey undertaken by the man in the BBC story.
All coaches can be buses. But not all buses can be coaches. You don't travel 200 miles on one of these. And if any long route is actually served in this country by this type of vehicle, blatantly a city bus, then the bus company owners should be put against the wall first thing tomorrow morning
All
All coaches can be buses. But not all buses can be coaches. You don't travel 200 miles on one of these. And if any long route is actually served in this country by this type of vehicle, blatantly a city bus, then the bus company owners should be put against the wall first thing tomorrow morning
All
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
I did that too. Easter 1992 with a couple of mates. Just because one of them was broke.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Our buses are poshSaul Goodman Well it might be used as a bus, but for me a real bus is the type of vehicle that is seldom used for long journeys- or at least it was seldom used until the advent of Megabus. That is certainly the spirit of the journey undertaken by the man in the BBC story.
All coaches can be buses. But not all buses can be coaches. You don't travel 200 miles on one of these. Or if any such long route is actually served by this type of vehicle, a city bus, then the bus company owners should be put against the wall first thing tomorrow morning
All
andysays
Love and solidarity
Just as well I didn't post my "longest train ride for £1" anecdote; that would really have set your "off topic" alarm bells ringing...
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
I took a bus from Adelaide to Alice Springs, late 80s iirc, 20 odd hours.
Air conditioning broke down about 12 hours in.
We stopped off at a roadhouse somewhere, barman's eyes lit up when we all piled in. "Can we have 40 pints of water please mate. Then we can talk beers and food"
Most people were in just underwear by the time we arrived, bags all locked away. Fucking miserable.
Air conditioning broke down about 12 hours in.
We stopped off at a roadhouse somewhere, barman's eyes lit up when we all piled in. "Can we have 40 pints of water please mate. Then we can talk beers and food"
Most people were in just underwear by the time we arrived, bags all locked away. Fucking miserable.
We’ve done plenty of nation wide coach journeys over the years. Our longest bus ride was from Rotherham to north Leeds on a double decker, full of the in-laws family to a wedding in the late 80s. The journey home with everyone blind drunk and arguing could have been Chris Rea’s inspiration for The Road to Hell.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Yeah just as well. I might have countered with my 6 flights for under a tenner anecdote which would have had the carbon police take over the thread.
Steel Icarus
we move
Think it's about fifteen for me. I just remember the cold - the northwest is so cold - and the tattoo shops and country music vendors. Cleethorpes without the glamour
JimW
支那暗杀团
You accessed the engine from inside the bus. He undid the radiator cap and got showered, meaning it was kegs off or no skin on his legs
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I've done the same with a freshly Boiled kettle. It's not nice.You accessed the engine from inside the bus. He undid the radiator cap and got showered, meaning it was kegs off or no skin on his legs
angusmcfangus
I see no ship's, only...
Three day's, magic bus London to Athens.
Back in the early eighties, £26 open return for a year.
Used to change drivers while the bus was moving.
You didn't want to get thrown off in yugoslavia.
No bunks and no air con.
The orange pickers favourite.
Back in the early eighties, £26 open return for a year.
Used to change drivers while the bus was moving.
You didn't want to get thrown off in yugoslavia.
No bunks and no air con.
The orange pickers favourite.
ska invita
back on the other side
Yeah I've done the same length to Eastern Europe... The first 16 hours were ok, but after that it was hellish as tired and can't get comfortable / cramped for sleep
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
I love this quote from Mr Council Worker:
i did some mad & ludicrous bus rides when I visited Java, you could've taken the plane but you'd have missed out on the local action.
I recall a weird over night bus in Myanmar with the locals throwing up over the course of journey. I think it's because going on a bus it's unique event and they're not used to it.
The morning dawn coffee after we got off was bliss.
i did some mad & ludicrous bus rides when I visited Java, you could've taken the plane but you'd have missed out on the local action.
I recall a weird over night bus in Myanmar with the locals throwing up over the course of journey. I think it's because going on a bus it's unique event and they're not used to it.
The morning dawn coffee after we got off was bliss.
