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You taking a photo of me?!


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I think it’s time for a moan.

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This week has been one of those weeks where come against one problem after another.

First off on Wednesday I found myself coming up against selfish parking round what seemed like every corner…

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The first one was a car parked right on the junction of a road I had to try and turn into….

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This is the second car that’s just out of view in teh first pic, Notice how close I am to it LOL. I managed to miss it by a few inches…

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Then we have somebody who has parked alongside this bus stop, Which wouldn’t normally be a problem as the bus is only there a few seconds… But not this stop, This is the Starting point for the route, So is infact a Bus Stand as well, When I came round the corner to park up there I still had 4 minutes to go until it was time to leave, Cars beeping behind me, EVen thought I’m quite clearly inside my yellow box. In the end I had to drive on further down the road, around the corner to wait my time, Probably leaving some people behind. All because of selfish parking. 🙁

Then Yesterday, I was given one of our more “mature” vehicles to drive on one of our town services. Note the handily positioned wing mirror…

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The arm would only fix in that position so there was no chance of moving it, So it really wasn’t of much use..

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Same bus, But while driving it I became more and more aware of how many things are actually blocking my view to the outside world.. Surely all this “furniture” in the widscreen is a hazard?!

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Anyway that’s my whinging over for today, (expect more tomorrow ;))

One ‘nice’ thing this week Is i’ve been given £50 for an old phone that was just lying round the house doing nothing.

Just a bit more towards me camera fund! 🙂

Oh this was a bit of a shock, NO Breakdowns this week yet!


Back home


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I went on a little break last week to a place called California, Just outside Great Yarmouth. Was nice to have some time away from home and driving buses. The weather wasn’t too bad, Rained quite a bit at night, I was quite happy it wasn’t hot as I don’t like the sun much. Even though it was fairly mild all week I still managed to burn my face on first day we were there so have been in agony ever since lol.

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California/Scratby Beach at Dusk – Wind Farm in distance

Been to a friends house today to do fiddle with their PC and became quite embarrassed after about an hour or so when I realised that my skin was flaking (My psoriasis has been a bit bad this week as i’m off the steroid cream) and there was loads of little white bits all over their carpet. With it being dark blue they showed up even more. I couldn’t wait to get out of there. 🙁 Gawd knows what they must’ve thought.


MK Metro has Vanished!


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Well the title isn’t quite true. It seems that the MK Metro website has been taken down. The site hasn’t been updated in months so it’s probably a blessing that it has been removed as all the timetables were out of date.

Because of this it has become quite difficult to find Bus Timetables for Milton Keynes online so I’ve decided to add a page with them all on 🙂

Just click the “MK METRO – TIMETABLES” image to the left for a list of services.


"I've lost the gears AGAIN"


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Apologies for not posting in a while.

I started back at Arriva a couple of weeks ago now and everything seems to be going okay. Had to go through all the training again which was a bit of a bore, and as I knew the trainer he picked on me for nearly every question.

After a few days in the classroom at Luton it was off to our depots. The first day there was a bit of piss taking by the drivers I knew there from the last time, But it only lasted a day. After that it felt like I hadn’t left the place, Which was nice but also scary at the same time. I jumped in a bus and went off to Oxford like I’d only been away from the job a few days!

So far this week I’ve managed to Breakdown three times in various buses.. I really did miss these extra “breaks” at Transdev 😉

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One Broken down Bus – Luckily next to a shop 😉

Also, In the past 5 days I’ve been “spotted” while I’m at work and had my photograph taken..

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On Saturday I got my new Co-op Bank debit card. Seemed to take them ages to open the account, well 13 days to be honest So I’m just being picky. Now we have the great task of moving all the Direct Debits about. Oh and since I’ve opened this account I’ve found out about a Credit Union for Transport Workers that offer a Current Account with a VISA Delta card and no credit check, Might apply. LOL…

…and I’m waiting on a cheque to clear that’s for my final wage at Transdev, Might buy myself a decent Digital SLR camera with it. 😀

Oh and I’m working on some marketing stuff for our depot, Will post more about it later.


I need a Bank Account


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After whats happened in the past few days with my bank account has been used by various other people I’ve been looking at getting another account.

The problem being that because I’m in an IVA I have a very limited choice of who will accept me.

Infact there is only about 4 banks that will take me on with no credit check and only 1 out of that 4 that will give you a Debit Card (Yes one of those manky Electron ones), and that bank is The Co-op. So after spending nearly an hour on the phone to them giving them every possible personal detail about me the computer still comes back with “Referred”, So I still have to wait for a decision. Grrrr! 🙁


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I Just don’t believe my luck. For the second time in as many months my Bank Account has been cleared out by somebody using a clone of my Debit Card. Last month is was a Sainsburys in East Kilbride, Scotland. This month it’s somebody recharging their “Sawa” Prepaid credit Card in the Middle East. Each time they have made repeated transactions until there is no money left.

Looking at the places I use my card I card think of any time where the card has not been in my view. It only really gets used in Tesco, To pay my mobile Phone Bill and for Sky TV. I shred all my receipts so it’s got to have been ‘skimmed’ at one of the above places. 🙁

So from now on it’s going to be:

  • The card NEVER leaves my sight
  • Use a Prepaid Card for all Internet and Phone Transactions
  • Any bills that need paying will be by Bank Transfer instead of Card

Oh and so now of course I have about £20 to my name as my Card has been blocked and I have no access to money.


The End


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Well it’s Finally over. Today was my last day at Transdev London Soverieign, Edgware. I feel strange, Like a great weight has been lifted, although I don’t know why. It’s far too late to start pondering on this so I’m off to bed.


Stage 1 & 2 done, 3 to go!


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Had my interview this morning… Well wasn’t excatly an interview was just a chat about how I’d been since I last worked there.

Driving assessment was fine, although I did argue with the assessor about Positioning on a Roundabout that we turned right at. 😉

Anyway, All passed and now it’s onto the medical tomorrow In Luton at 9am.

If I don’t pass this then that’s it, and I get to go with a stinking cold.. Lucky me!!