A Tale Of Two Cities

Well one town and one city!

Todays entry will have to cover for yesterday as the miles I had driven sapped my limited reserves of energy (that and the James concert I went to last night!).

Monday began with the start of a new contract. Routes 11 and 241 in Gloucester being the next phase in the expansion of the Cotswold Green empire. The passenger numbers were surprising to say the least although with the expansion of free concessionary travel, revenue was expectedly low! Being more used to rural services, more than ten passengers on the bus at any one time is a bit alien to us! The first day went smoothly with a bit of enthiast attention. We were of course not the only company to begin former Stagecoach routes in Gloucester on Monday, Independant Coaches took over route 13.

The ticket machines have now been ordered and I look forward to shiny new Wayfarer TGX machines gracing our vehicles in the not too distant future. Much work lies ahead in converting what we do into proceedures that a computer system can understand!

Tuesday meant a morning of returning the calls I had missed on Monday and then driving the almost obligatory school bus. Routes 7 and 129 with a H430 EFT and surprisingly well behaved children! The weather is good, Ebley coaches were short of vehicles and hired F705 BAT for the afternoon and no complaints or breakdowns, how could a day be better!