All about me and driving a bus for MK Metro/ARRIVA Milton Keynes

With our new MK Star network, It seems we’ve taken the customer information at Bus Stops to a new level

I think this had to be done…..

….I need your help!!

I need people that are local to MK to let me know of ANY building projects going on within the Town that you know of please, For a new website I’m working on.

It can be anything from a new block of flats to the remodelling of a roundabout, I just need to know what it is and where.

You can either leave your replies as a comment to this post or email me directly.

Thanks everyone!!

Just a Random day at Metro…

Mud -

Breakdown -

Bus Bacon -

One of our buses, Named Duncan the Dart has gained his own Facebook page…. Feel free to add him as a friend/fan at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milton-Keynes/Duncan-the-Dart/83902881835?ref=nf

So, When did “Cen” become the acceptable abbreviation for “Centre”?! What happened to good old “Ctr” ????

Well, The plan to blog from Duxford didn’t really happen as I struggled to get a decent 3G signal all day (Thanks o2!), But I’ve managed to find one picture online of us arriving on our bus.

(Thanks must go to professional Matt for leaving his coke can in the windscreen lol)

I’ll add some of the silly pictures I took later.

Picture is copyright of S Hartwell who goes by the name of Messy-beast on Flickr, You can see her other pictures by Clicking Me

Ooooo, Wasnt it hot today!! Managed to get upto 109F in my cab this afternoon. Seems the heat was getting to the people of MK too as everyone seemed to be crabby, Including myself. Ive been in a bit of a meh kind of mood the past couple of days, Who knows why… Maybe its the skin tablets.. or just being generally fed up with work, I suppose only time will tell. Im sure to snap out of it eventually. Hopefully it will rain! That will cheer me up!! LOL (I love driving in the rain).

Nothing bus related to report at the moment, Apparantly one of our yellow darts is being repainted into Arriva Inter-urban livery.. The first bus to have this done to it, Ill keep you posted.

Im going to test the GPS Tracker again today, From around 1230 on Route 20 hopefully!

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