On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:21:27 +0000, Tom Barry
wrote this gibberish:

Andrew Heenan wrote:
... The Headline Boris Couldn't Risk.

Some of London's buses would have had problems getting out this morning, but
the central area was pretty clear early on, on all major routes, and still
is at 8pm.

And yet Boris allowed a couple of dozen bendies to sit in a yard at Waterloo
all day, rather than have them working shuttles in the central area.

Even working their 'official' routes (Red Arrows), they's have made life
easier for a lot of Londoners; with a bit of imagination, they could have
also worked a straight central area East-west shuttle, and maybe a
north-south.

But the thought of Bendies being useful was a step too far for Boris.

Will they sit in the yard all week? we'll see.

I'm not actually aware of any bendy routes operating today, except the
29 and that was rumoured to be with double-deckers. I'd love to know
the truth of what happened there.

IIRC Southwark was one of the councils rumoured to be less than stellar
with the gritting. Westminster was OK. Obviously to run a route you
need all intervening points dealt with, which is why you need a *plan*.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...hive/4146.aspx

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I photographed a brace of 38's in the clapton depot today, in the same
parking areas were the staff cars, which seem to have managed to make
it into work ok....

I'm very disappointed to see that the busses were kept off the roads
leaving people to struggle to make their journeys on foot, all manner
of delivery vehicles were out working.
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Mark Varley
MarkVarleyPhoto.co.uk
TwistedPhotography.co.uk
London, England.