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[djoptix]

Going to be a long one. 

Poo count: 0.

Breakfast: not yet. 

Rain: threatening.

Mode of transport #1:

[goosey]

Just leaving Halesowen nr Birmingham and driving to Saint Athan South Wales,

what are the chances il pass you ? 

[djoptix]

Well, it's all relative I suppose...? If you lived in Canada you would say we were basically next to one another...

[djoptix]

Mode of transport #1 is complete. Now we wait. 

 

[djoptix]

Mode of transport #2 achieved. 

I'm sitting in the middle on the back seat. Oh yeah. 

[djoptix]

The sign boasts "connect, charge, relax, save".

 

• Connect = fail. Onboard wifi doesn't work.
• Charge = I'll give them 50% on this one. The 13A power outlets work when the bus is running, but the funky blue USB ports on the seats don't.
• Relax = not yet.
• Save = I think that's a fair claim. My ticket cost £8.06, the equivalent train is over £100.

Bit gutted that I didn't consider sitting at the FRONT of the bus! That would have been better. Damn it.

Still, we've just stopped at the second stop (which is in central Bristol) and the bus is nowhere near full, meaning that I have the back seat to myself and can utilise TWO power outlets. #winning.

[djoptix]

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[bangernomics]

Safe travels brave shiter.

[Jim Bell]

Safe journey man. 

[paulplom]

Good luck m9.

[inconsistant]

May your day be fulfilling and your poos rewarding..

[grogee]

1 hour ago, djoptix said:

Mode of transport #2 achieved. 

I'm sitting in the middle on the back seat. Oh yeah. 

Are you... a sixth former?

[djoptix]

Day is breaking over Reading. 

 

Time for breakfast #1 which I painstakingly prepared last night. 

[djoptix]

Could REALLY DO WITH SOME FUCKING COFFEE. 

My bus is wasting time going via Heathrow, don't they know I have a train to catch in just under four hours???

[mintwth]

29 minutes ago, djoptix said:

Time for breakfast #1 which I painstakingly prepared last night. 

 That job as sausage stuffer in the sandwich factory is working out then? 😉

[djoptix]

Bus driver announcement:

"Now this is very very important. For those passengers who are getting off at Heathrow, DO NOT COME TO THE SIDE OF THE BUS TO COLLECT YOUR LUGGAGE. Wait at the front of the bus and I will bring your luggage to you. This is Heathrow airport rules.

"If you DO come to the side of the bus to collect your luggage, please don't be surprised if I am very very cross and tell you to get back, because Heathrow Airport staff will come over and have a right go at me.

"Finally, if you are wondering which terminal or gate or whatever your flight goes from, please don't ask me, I don't know. Yes I get asked every single journey."

[djoptix]

4 minutes ago, mintwth said:

 That job as sausage stuffer in the sandwich factory is working out then? 😉

I'll thank you to keep my sexual proclivities to yourself sir/madam...

[mintwth]

4 minutes ago, djoptix said:

I'll thank you to keep my sexual proclivities to yourself sir/madam...

Are they relevant to making sausage, egg and bacon sandwiches? Who knew..... 

[jamescarruthers]

Good luck. I like how the breakfasts are numbered. The best days always start with a second breakfast in the works. 

[Bren]

2 hours ago, djoptix said:

Well, it's all relative I suppose...? If you lived in Canada you would say we were basically next to one another...

On honeymoon in Hawaii we had a ride in a horse drawn carriage. The driver asked where we were from - so we told him and asked where he was from -  he said New York.

He then remarked we were practically neighbours - it did have an element of truth.

[djoptix]

London achieved... 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Whey!

[GeordieInExile]

1 hour ago, djoptix said:

Could REALLY DO WITH SOME FUCKING COFFEE. 

My bus is wasting time going via Heathrow, don't they know I have a train to catch in just under four hours???

No coffee on the bus? I was deeply impressed to be offered a free coffee at my seat on an early bus from Vienna to Bratislava once. Less impressed by the quality of said coffee, but hey - if it's brown, drink it down.

[djoptix]

"We are about to arrive at Victoria, please make sure you take all your personal belongings with you. Anything you leave will go straight on eBay to pay the credit card bill my missus ran up over Christmas.

"Please remain seated until we have come to a stop, there are some sharp bends coming up and I wouldn't want any of you to fall and hurt yourselves.  [pause] Well, I don't personally care, but work will give me a bollocking."

[millenial stands up and starts putting on backpack]

"THAT MEANS YOU TOO, MATE. SIDDOWN."

[Kringle]

Chodspeed, a lot of angry transport workers about today it seems.

[vaughant]

Love the megabus, did Cardiff to Aberdeen overnight for £6 I think 😂😂😂. 

Bed as well but it was a bit grim. 

They gave you a lovely croissant and bottle of water as well. 

Genuinely a great way to travel for the cost. 

And you're guaranteed a seat unlike the train. 

[djoptix]

I'm officially balls deep in the ULEZ. 

I've shunned Belgravia coffee shops (too expensive) and Starbucks (too grey sugary water with brown grit in it). 

[AnnoyingPentium]

I like this bus driver.

[djoptix]

Thank goodness. Though it's gone up to ONE POUND TWENTY FIVE. 

[djoptix]

Time to descend into bowels of the earth for mode of transport #3.