Radio Interview

I have been approached by the wonderful people at BBC Radio WM to do an interview. Of course I said yes and as a result I will be on their afternoon show at about 2:40pm Today 05/08/08.

 

Many thanks to @bounder and @podnosh for their helpful words. I am still a little worried about it as I have never done anything this big before. Tune in if you can. I will try to get a mp3 of it onto here if at all possible

Ask The Driver (15)

First a question that I missed last week. Many apologies.

Regengirl: What tips do you have for getting up very early all the time?

Its hard work getting up at 3am for 7 days straight. It took me ages to work out the best way to do it but I finally figured out that many alarms were the first step forward. I also make sure that they are set 5 mins apart and are just out of arms reach. That way I always have to stretch to switch it off and that wakes me up. They are usually set a minimum of 45 mins before I have to leave the house just so that I am not rushing around to get myself ready. Finally, and the most important thing, A good strong cup of tea to start me going. It’s a strain to survive some weeks but I manage to get through and my reward is the long weekend at the end of it.

 

And now onto the questions for this week.

Star_one: Why are the driver changeovers annoyingly a few stops before the route terminus? E.g. the Bristol / Pershore road

Usually the changeover points are put at the point on the route that is nearest the garage the service is from. Sometimes this can be very close to the end of the route. Other times it may be situated near to another route that goes past the garage. Sometimes I think that it is just picked at random.

Regengirl: If you could choose a smell to mask the nastiness on buses that need cleaning what would you go for?

After giving it much thought I think that “new car” smell and that wonderful smell you get from the earth just after it has rained would be wonderful. And it cannot be that fake smell that you get. That never smells right I want the genuine article please.

 

Alexhughes: Why do all the new buses not have opening windows upstairs? It’s like moving around in a mobile greenhouse – Yuk!

Every once in a while I will come across something that I can’t answer. This is one of those. Perhaps they just didn’t want open windows there, perhaps they forgot, or maybe they just couldn’t be bothered. If anyone can think of a better answer please let me know.