Steve Wood wrote: >> Bru wrote: >> >> >>> On average, in this area, any given bus journey takes around 5 times >>> longer than the equivalent car journey (due to the buses going all >>> around the houses) and costs about twice as much. >>> >> - but anywhere else in the country public transport is frankly a joke. >> No it's not - in fact it's b***** good. We don't have a car, and in general we find public transport a terrific resource. Just because a car goes the direct route does not mean that the per capita travel cost is less than that of a deviant bus. ;-)
As for cost - why don't you just get older quicker? - Twirlies* are to be coveted - (I should know - I'm looking forward to getting mine in 2011, unless the next govt puts the age up from 60 to 65.) -- WBW John (* Twirlies - as in bus driver to potential passenger, "You can't use that on this bus dear - you're t'wirly")
