Where are you on the transport network?

[Lancman]

Sitting in the shade of a bus stop under a clear blue Cyprus sky with a temperature of 23 degrees. But the bus is an hour late.

 

[Isambard]

Bit of an ebb in the transport volume.....

 

[Puddy_Tat]

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(although to be pedantic, that's not the thames - city airport is an island between the royal albert dock and the king george v dock - the thames is behind you and to the left of those two tower blocks)

going cross-thread but i could have suggested a visit to the beckton alps as part of the grim attractions guide, although it's not no longer a ski slope

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Sitting in the shade of a bus stop under a clear blue Cyprus sky with a temperature of 23 degrees. But the bus is an hour late.

not the cyprus that's just out of iona 's photo, i presume?

 

[iona]

(although to be pedantic, that's not the thames

 

[Puddy_Tat]

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1968 photo taken from the other end of the royal docks, as in looking towards where you were standing.

i just remember the docks being still in business when i was a kitten

 

[Lancman]

not the cyprus that's just out of iona 's photo, i presume?

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You presume quite correctly, a bit further south and a bit further east. And the bus never did turn up though it wasn't an unpleasant way to pass a morning.

 

[Isambard]

Respectful nod to the old S&D, at what used to be a significant railway junction.

 

[neonwilderness]

About to cross the border into Sunny Scotland

 

[story]

Back in a bit

 

[story]

Hakshally, I'm taking a little break from Urban but sitting around in the departure lounge made me come in for a quick peek.

Two blokes say next to me are discussing holiday destinations, dream cars, wristwatches, and other varying wealth signifiers.

Unexpected on an EasyJet flight to Mallorca tbh.

 

[T & P]

Hakshally, I'm taking a little break from Urban but sitting around in the departure lounge made me come in for a quick peek.

Two blokes say next to me are discussing holiday destinations, dream cars, wristwatches, and other varying wealth signifiers.

Unexpected on an EasyJet flight to Mallorca tbh.

I bet they're staying in Magaluf.

 

[story]

I bet they're staying in Magaluf

The plane is full of drunk young people.

 

[story]

I suspect they're all staying at Magaluf. Even the one called Freddy. Especially the one called Freddy.

 

[souljacker]

Waiting for the train to the plane in Madrid

 

[story]

I suspect they're all staying at Magaluf. Even the one called Freddy. Especially the one called Freddy.

Freddy has fallen over in the passport hall. He tried to clamber over the tape barrier while lugging bags. He fell into his face. His mates are laughing. He's trying to laugh but he's also trying to work out where the blood is coming from. The young women in the group are trying to help him. They're wearing very thick make up.

Maybe this should be in the "things that make you go 'Old'" thread.

 

[T & P]

Please keep us updated on further developments

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Today I am here.

 

[A380]

Romance of bus travel

 

[planetgeli]

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Literally one street away from my sister-in-law.

 

[neonwilderness]

Rannoch with the locals this morning

 

[neonwilderness]

Edinburgh Waverley just now. I’d forgotten how ridiculously long some of the platforms are until my train stopped about two miles away

 

[Elpenor]

Romance of bus travel

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Do like a bus for the elevated position

 

[teuchter]

There should be a law that says people aged over 40 are allowed to boot out teenagers etc from the front seats on the top deck of buses, especially if they are just fiddling about on their phones and not even looking at the view.

 

[T & P]

Romance of bus travel

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Your mention of romance has triggered memories. My OH and I actually first got together during a 15-hour coach trip between Mumbai and Goa; FWIW we were in a lie-flat compartment shielded by curtains. So yes, there can be romance in long coach journeys

Mind you, a British couple we got chatty with whilst waiting to board were given the compartment at the very front with clear view of the windshield and the road ahead, and at the first piss stop a few hours later they emerged looking white as sheets and pretty unnerved, and said ‘You have no idea how close we’ve come to a full frontal crash on countless occasions’. So one person’s romantic coach journey can be indescribable horror for another I guess.

 

[mx wcfc]

The worst airport departure experience I have ever endured.

 

[Isambard]

Kralovany, SK

 

[hash tag]

In someone's back garden

 

[Elpenor]

Waiting for a bus. Just missed the previous one due to thing I was at finishing late. Could have walked to the train station and got back to where I live quicker but it’s then a 40 minute walk from the station and the bus stops by my house

 

[marty21]

I'm currently sat at kings cross waiting for a train to Hull (not sure why god hates me so much). I wanted a quick pint but all the nearest options are wanky wait to be seated places. Ended up sitting outside somewhere having a warm German beer otherwise I'd have to wait for a chair. I only want a quick pint FFS!

There is a 'spoons there .