The View from the Top Deck
A personal appraisal and celebration of Britain's Buses
Bus services described in this blog may have changed since my visit. Always check before you set out!
Bus services described in this blog may have changed since my visit. Always check before you set out!
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I have run away from a red weather warning, in favour of the temperate conditions of North-East England. Join me on a journey from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the relaxing Northumbrian town of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, passing the "last pub before Norway" and making sense of a very confusing and poorly-presented bus service...
Brand new territory for me, as I head around the East Fife coastline on route 95 from St Andrews to Leven. Lots of golf courses, lots of glorious scenery, lots of miles to cover, and lots of rain...
100 British Bus Routes series Index
A selection of quirky photographs from my annual pilgrimage to Imberbus in Wiltshire. Including a first visit to Market Lavington, where lots is going on, and a return to New Zealand, where nothing much happens. Ever.
My continuing quest to find "the 1" takes me to the Reading to Newbury "Jet Black" service. The urban sprawl that is Reading gives way to lovely countryside villages and open roads. We also visit the "oldest continuously-inhabited place in Britain", and find two stations that are in completely different villages to the ones they are named after!
"Finding the 1" series here, and "100 British Bus Routes" series here
Riding the Excel: Part Two
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100 British Bus Routes: Route 5
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Picture Gallery: On my way out of Manchester
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Riding the Excel: Part One
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Finding the 1 ... in Northumberland
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Still on my way to Holyhead
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Quarter Two Snippets
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Route 213 Heritage Day
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Picture Gallery: On my way into Manchester
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A Tale of Two Setbacks - Setback Two
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Scenic Bus Rides: To Whitby in a Heartbeat
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100 British Bus Routes - Route 17
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Who am I?
A senior manager outside the bus industry and a life-long transport enthusiast, fast approaching 60, I review bus operations from one of the most important (and most-often forgotten) angles - that of the customer. I live in West London but travel all over the country and deliberately stay anonymous. This is all my own work, including the photographs. All opinions are my own.
I appreciate a good Oxford comma and love exclamation marks! I don't speak any foreign languages but I can read music...
The journeys described in these articles are subject to change - always check before you travel!
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