First visit and very enjoyable too. The buses were so well organised
They do a marvellous job. Lots of things that they're doing for a hobby that should be done every day of the year and everywhere. I will NOT say "amateurs" because they are not. They do it in a professional manner - and indeed quiet a few of them do it professionally for the rest of the year too. And they're a sheer joy as they bring pleasure to so many.
There is a lot that can be learned from how this day is organised ... or rather a lot that is actually already well learned by the people there that could and should be transferred into daily life. But I know that so many factors in daily life fail to allow that.
You mention Gore's cross.
An areas of gravel parking, sprayed out in the middle to indicate a pedestrian area for bus interchanges. Bus stops on three sides of that large middle square, with bus stops clearly marked for
- Imber and Warminster
- Tilshead and Chitterne
- Brazen Bottom and the Lavingtons
and with current timetables on display too! And extra stop (and a sighting to to) for the bus to New Zealand Camp which passes the track end.
Buses arrive - seemingly from all directions - at :25. Lots of passengers get off and walk across to joint a different bus, but a lot stay on as this is an intermediate point on the routes. And the at about :30 all 7 or 8 buses head off to continue their journeys.
Forming a rest lounge and information point, there's a bus parked up within the central area staffed with happy, friendly, knowedglable people.
Just look at that and see what we have been bleating for elsewhere
- Public transport that connects
- Public transport that form a network even where multiple operators are involved
- Clear labelling and information at public transport stops
- Helpful and well informed staff and all but the very quietest of spots
- Regular (even interval, clock face service)
Why can't we have these things ... every day ... every place. It makes sense
I didn't catch sight of the yellow shirted Sir Ellis of Melksham...wondered if he was still stuck on the platform waiting for a train......
Hmm ... no such person. You may be getting confused with me - plain "Mr" or - better - Graham. I met about a dozen people I know in real life or from The Coffee Shop, and made new contact too. I suspect, chaffed, you might have been at Imber when I took the only bus of the day to run direct from Warminster to Chitterne Church, and perhaps you were then in front of me passing the Lavingtons of New Zealand Camp when I was exploring through Brazen Bottom.
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