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Back in the day, I owned thousands of FirstGroup shares. As Tim said, they were once worth about £8 each and if I had sold them at the right time I could have almost bought my own bus. The price started to go down but I held on to them waiting for them to go back up again. In December 2005, I found ...

Word on the street is that LMS chose to close their doors and claim their 80% furlough money form the government, rather than fight it out with a reduced service. Website and bus stop information will be hard to find as these have not been considered essential jobs and the people that do them have b...

Perfect timing!

That yellow Solo looks a bit top-heavy... is it a mobile refrigeration unit?

bmmoboy wrote: ↑

19:58 Friday 29th May 2020

Hope you're paying him well!!!! - I've seen the pics

An unlimited supply of bacon butties

Throughout the lockdown I've been working a fixed week (more or less) at Stagecoach. This sees me operating all the Service 27 journeys every Thursday and Friday. For each journey operated I pass a used car dealer in Whitecroft and he has a nice stock of high-end BMWs and Mercedes. This is way too m...

bmmoboy wrote: ↑

20:09 Thursday 28th May 2020

I hope that this nice weather continues as I am furloughed for up to the next three weeks

My son text me today to say he is also furloughed for three weeks... sounds like my garden will get done then!

Gloucester are getting their double-decks read for service...

That's probably more accurate than me guessing, thanks.

Can anyone remember the exact dates the Ledbury Market Day services were withdrawn? I seem to remember the 481 was cut first, with the others following a week or two later. I didn't think to note it at the time, and I think I should update the main website before we all forget!