Thoughts from Southwestbus

Another 'life' posting taking the place of model buses.   It's lifted from the 'Buses and Coaches' subforum on RailForums.  You can see the original post here, and click on the photos if you're signed up.  A week off thanks to the half term (and no future favoured to transport to school) meant I was able to have a nice day out on Wednesday just gone. Typically, my complex domestic set up means that the 'fun monitor' (to use a fellow forum member's terminology) was staying in the home of flat caps and whippets instead of her native Somerset. Last year I found out about Peak Sightseer from a Roger French blog post.  Having read through it,  I consigned that to the 'wants doing' list which is rather long. So this was mentioned to senior management, who has a slight weakness for open top buses. 'What, spend the day on an open top bus going through the Peak District, for £9.50?! And I get to go to Blue John Cavern? Count me in...' A quick