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Mick Harper
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I have tried this technique from time to time. Indeed I'm vaguely embarked on a project to try it again right now. I have even got onto the first rung of the ladder occasionally. But it always perishes ultimately on the twin forks
1. It is too wacky to get on to MSM
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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Spring has sprung, flowers are growing, birds are tweeting, and M'Lady is encouraging me to get out. I too am keen to emerge from my winter burrow and start perambulating across The Shire once again.
Trouble is, after living in this part of The Shire for about 30 years, I have simply got bored of seeing all the same megalithic scenery all the time. I yearn for pastures new. Fortunately, the local County Council says:
| Your bus pass is part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme and provides you with free off-peak travel on local bus services anywhere in England between the hours of 9am and 11pm Monday to Friday and all day at weekends. |
I had to explain to M'Lady that those omnibus things still don't have a First Class or Business Class section. So she has declined the opportunity to travel with me.
Next challenge is a simple one: finding suitable bus services. Sadly, it's not like outside Mick's front door, where waiting five minutes for a bus would seem a long time. Here, we're lucky to get one every two hours. Just crossing The Shire north to south would involve three different bus companies, with about an hour's wait between buses and six hours elapsed time.
So much peering at route maps and timetables is required, to figure out how far I can get for free in one day. Your roving reporter will report back ASAP.
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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There is a minor hobby trying to get round Britain free on local buses. There was a programme called Bus Lines on Radio Four the other day describing one such. And, I see, a series called Freedom Pass on R4X when celebrities do it. Tell your wife.
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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| Mick Harper wrote: | | There was a programme called Bus Lines on Radio Four the other day . |
Shame, I missed that.
The main radio in our house works on a strict schedule.
BBC Home Service is allowed between the hours of 05:15 and 08:00. Starting with the Shipping Forecast, Prayer For The Day, and then Farming Today.
BBC Light Programme is allowed between 08:00 and 12:00, Although M'Lady is still confused by how long the temporary replacements for Terry Wogan and Ken Bruce seem to have been broadcasting.
The BBC Light Programme is very quickly turned off when Jeremy Vine starts. Even M'Lady is appalled at the depths they go to, to find something new to scare the general public.
BBC Home Service is turned back on briefly for The Archers, the evening Shipping Forecast, and then Sailing By. We approve of Ronald Binge.
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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What about Jennings at five o'clock?
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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Never heard of him.
Although sometimes we do have Mr Kipling for afternoon tea at 3pm.
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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I might remind you of a minor spat we had about citing things people wouldn't have heard of. I did check before I deliberately used this one, knowing some but not all would have heard of him. A google of Jennings brings up, top o' the page
| The Jennings series is a collection of novels written by Anthony Buckeridge as children's literature about the humorous escapades of J. C. T. Jennings, a schoolboy at Linbury Court preparatory school, located near the fictional town of Dunhambury in Sussex, England. Wikipedia | |
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