Ian Jelf wrote:

The usual gossip among the passengers ensued
and then someone already on the bus said, "he doesn't know where he's
going and he can't speak English".

I've been on a railway replacement bus where the driver had nothing but a
scrawled road list written by his friend from an A-Z. I asked to look at it,
and it went down some tiny roads and around tight corners where a bus
wouldn't fit. Given that a Tomtom satnav can easily handle multistop
itineraries, it's very poor that the bus companies aren't issuing something
like that to drivers doing unfamiliar routes.