I think I made full use of that bus ticket!

Categories: work, travel

Date: 13 February 2009 21:54:09

Buses are interesting around here. There are several companies, two main ones for the city, with several littler ones, and one of the main ones also doing further afield, along with several others.

Now, on my Work an Hours Bus Ride away day, I have three choices. I can go on the one that serves city and county, and get an area day ticket, and that's every half an hour. I can go with a different company, every twenty minutes, but only get a return. I can, if I time it right, and the trains are running well, go by train, once an hour!!

The advantage of the first choice is whilst I work at one part of the campus, occasionally, I have to go to the other one (like I did today) and the internal free transport system does not work in my favour!

Anyway, today, I went out to feed friend's cat at very stupid o'clock, (four miles in opposite direction to main place of work) went to finish off this weeks hours at work, went to main campus, came home, and went to check on friend's cat again.

I spent the journeys sorting out my mobile phones texts (I must ask my non-church going sister why she wanted to know the name of the local vicar's wife a few months back) writing mental packing lists, and pondering why I'm having a ten day break at a time of year I never normally contemplate inflicting myself on anyone.

Well, I know why really. I'm just not used to being anywhere other than one particular place and with one particular group of people at this time of year, and it's very odd not to be there this time. But, it's right and appropriate.

Time to pull the rucksack out of it's hiding place, and the laundry out of the airing cupboard. No point in putting it all away before packing, that's a waste of energy.