Sunday Night

As I have said before on here one of my favorite shows is Top Gear and this week they have come up with something that is very close to home…   Bus Racing!   Yup they are going to race buses. It should be good for a laugh I know that I will be watching [...]

Brummie of the Year 2008

Over at BiNS it is the time of the year when everyone gets chance to vote on who they think deserves the title of “Brummie of the Year” I have been nominated and it has come as a bit of a shock but I am deeply honoured. Thank you everyone that suggested me. Lets see [...]

In My Pocket

I can’t remember where I got this idea from but I thought that it would be interesting to put down what I carry about on me during my duty.   Vest chest pocket: Mobile for tweeting with while on breaks. List of blind numbers for when I am not on a bus with computer powered [...]

The 11-11-11 Day Out

On the 11th November 2008 a group of people from Birmingham decided to celebrate the uniqueness of the number 11 route as it goes around Birmingham. The event was organized by Jon Bounds who was brave enough to actually stay on for the full 11 hours. He asked for everyone to document their time so [...]

Ask The Driver Birthday Special

  Thank you all for the questions that you sent in over the last couple of weeks. Thank you very much for them and I hope that you enjoy reading my answers.   editorialgirl What exactly was “Give Us A Smile”? The “Give us a smile” campaign was as star_one said a campaign to get [...]

Happy Birthday Blog

One year ago I started writing this blog not thinking that it would go anywhere and, like the others that I have started, I would forget about it and stop writing. Now look at it!   I am amazed, I have written 88 posts, this one will make it 89, and I have told many [...]

Happy Sunday

Ahh today (2nd November 2008) one of my all time favorite shows returns to our screens. Top Gear is back and looking at the trailer (link) there is something that looks like bus racing on a dirt track in one of the shows. Sadly i am not the driver so I cant tell you any [...]

11-11-11 Hits the papers

I have mentioned this before but on 11th November we are invited to spend 11 hours on the 11C route in Birmingham, full details can be found over at elevenbus.co.uk. The Birmingham Evening Mail ran an article on it on Friday so please go and have a read.

Music

Ah music, if you are a regular reader of this blog then you will probably realize that people playing music is one of my pet hates. It happens quite a lot and it is very rare that someone will have enough courage to step up and say something. In the last couple of weeks I [...]