The early roadsweeper vehicles used to go round the bricklayers, at about 2 or 3am, you'd hear the very load hum twice..there and back, i think i mentioned it on here, I would have loved it had they started at 6am..
It takes me an hour (sometimes longer) to do my journey to work on the bus, it takes 15 mins by car.
In the four years I have lived in Bermondsey the journey time has become longer, the buses more croweded and less regular, and the fare increased by around 40%.
I realise we've veered off topic but, really, we can't just believe the mayor when he says public transport is improving when clearly it ain't.
dee dee, I'm with you - it just isn't always practical and the evangelical who think that it is possible for everyone to survive without a car make me want to go out and buy one that guzzles more gas.
Ditto Birdie. I use my car as little as possible, take the tube, bus and walk. But my parents are past ninety, and they simply cannot go up and down the stairs of the tube, taxis are two high for them, and they cant carry their shopping for the distance from the nearest bus stop. I take them out, take them heavy shopping etc. And I have two grandchildren of one and a half and three and a half who are not yet manoeverable on public transport with any degree of safety. I'd be glad to ditch my car but I just cant. Not yet anyway.
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