“My budgie doesnt like all this change” “No?” “No – its upsetting him – he woke me up last night” “shame” “In the middle of the night, he woke me up. I got up to calm him down, and had a cup of tea” “…” “I was afraid he’d wake the neighbours, and he hasn’t been at [...]
Transports of Delight
I don’t know if all Devon bus rides are like this, and I suspect it wouldn’t be nearly as amusing in the height of summer when you were in a hurry to get to the beach, but this is an accurate account of a Buckfastleigh bus ride: The bus arrived a few minutes late, people [...]
travails by bus
I travel around on buses when I am too idle or too wimpish to use my bicycle – today, being cold and rainy, is a wimpish day. I have to get to a meeting out of town, so a bus it is. Bus travellers (and I count myself as one) can be mistaken for a [...]
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