Snow day #2

The second day of snow,

This time we were all on the road before it all came down.

At roughly 08:45 I was driving along normally, 5 minutes later it pissed down with snow and my bus was stuck a quarter of the way up a hill !

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Everyone waiting to take their turn, one by one, up the hill, You can just about see the petrol tanker near the top, The old bill were there helping to dig everyone out.

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Almost my turn!

(You can see two other buses infront of me that were stuck too lol)

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All the buses parked up at the Bus Station again by around 10am once

everyone had finally managed to get back

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So another few hours off for us, Then, Seeing as us MK Metro drivers like to save the day, I helped out my old garage by doing a couple of 100’s to Aylesbury in one of our nice buses, Picture by Mrs C

According to the weather, There’s a load more coming tomorrow (Monday) evening to our area, Just in time for rush hour.. What fun!!!


Snow Day

Today was a day for pictures….

Woke up to be greeted by this outside this morning…

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Then the journey to work began, Just 40 odd minutes instead of the usual 5…

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Then, When I finally got to work, It was quite obvious we weren’t going anywhere…

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So some drivers decided to occupy their time, This is Mr Metro the Snowman, Complete with Metro Baseball cap and High-Vis…

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Others decided to have a snowball fight…

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Then, Once management were fed up with us, We were all piled onto a Bus to the Bus Station,

Quite a strange sight, A Bus full of Bus Drivers…

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The only bus in Milton Keynes to make it out of the Yard, The Driver’s Shuttle…

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At about 12 noon, We decided to try running some buses, This is the City Centre…

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and Some people think throwing snowballs at Buses is “harmless” and “just a bit of fun”…

Well This is the result!…

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Great for the driver who has the life frightened out of him while trying to concentrate on driving!….


Would you?

Would you rather have a faint bit of heat, But have to listen to a high pitched whine from the heater for Nearly seven hours, Or have no noise but be freezing cold?

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This is me at 9am…

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and this is me at 3.30pm…

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This bus seemed to get colder with each hour that passed!

Oh and notice how there’s no passengers in either picture, It’s been that busy today LOL

…and before anybody says anything about me looking miserable, This is my Route 20 Face, OKAY!

 

When you have a bus with no ticket machine, It seems to take twice as long to load the bus. It seems to confuse people when you say it’s a free ride, They just stand there looking at you LOL. Well looks like one driver was getting tired of explaining it to each person judging my the picture I was sent today. (and If you are reading this Meatloaf this was NOT me!)

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It also looks like our very own Mrs C is becoming a bit of a celeb! Here she is being ‘spotted’ driving one of Aylesbury’s new Citaro’s in High Wycombe (thanks ‘Spotter Matt!’). It’s also been suggested that if any of you spot Mrs C and manage to get a photo that you could please send me a copy, Then I can start a Mrs C Gallery LOL.

This is gonna go right to her head but ‘Spotter Matt’ said “She was very friendly and I have to say a good driver (considering it was her first time with an unfamiliar bus and the other Citaro driver we had on the 300 seemed to like the kerbs).

She’ll be dining out on that comment for months now ‘spotter Matt’ LOL

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Back to square one

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Been to the Hospital today for my Three-monthly review. Been given another new set of tablets to try, Cyclosporin, Which is another type of Immune System supressing medication. All the usual side effects, But this time instead of affecting the Liver (Like MTX did to me) this one goes for the Kidneys. Also have to keep an eye on my skin as it does give me a “Higher risk of Tumours or other malignancies, particularly of the skin”… Nice!!

Oh, and back to swapping shifts with people all over the place again, Gotta have blood tests and blood pressure checks every week and hospital reviews every fortnight. I’m thinking permanent lates might be the answer! :/