"Roland Perry" wrote in message

In message , at
09:07:55 on Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Neil Williams
remarked:
But why would any bus journey variant only run on the fifth Tuesday
of a month? Seems utterly perverse.

It's a local volunteer-run community minibus

So maybe it did run last week, but the journalist failed to recognise
it (if he was looking for a conventional bus).

That's happened to me a few times (generally overseas) where a shuttle
(or transfer) "bus" has been difficult to spot unless you know what
you are looking for.

I think Simon Calder is pretty savvy, and wouldn't have missed it if it
did run. The fact that he knew about it at all suggests he also knew
what to look for. And as he was ready with his bike, I also suspect he
knew it wouldn't turn up. Given how seldom it's supposed to run, I
wonder if it actually runs at all. Who else would notice if it didn't?

In message , at 15:52:30 on
Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Recliner remarked:

I think Simon Calder is pretty savvy, and wouldn't have missed it if it
did run. The fact that he knew about it at all suggests he also knew
what to look for. And as he was ready with his bike, I also suspect he
knew it wouldn't turn up. Given how seldom it's supposed to run, I
wonder if it actually runs at all. Who else would notice if it didn't?

I'm going with the theory that he failed to book (for what's the return
trip of the bus). I suppose he'd need his bike to get back to Milton
Keynes, although he may not have intended to take the bus very far.

As it's one of several services run by the minibus, many of them only
once a month (but it goes somewhere virtually every weekday), I can't
see why that particular one would be missed out, unless perhaps they had
no bookings for the outbound leg either.
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Roland Perry

On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 16:14:07 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:
no bookings for the outbound leg either.

It isn't meant to be DRT on the outward - but see my other post...

Neil

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Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK

On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 15:52:30 +0100, "Recliner"
wrote:
I wonder if it actually runs at all. Who else would notice if it
didn't?

I wonder if, as its purpose is to take villagers to/from MK or
Stevenage (depending on the date), if it perhaps does not run all the
way to MK/Stevenage, and thus does not operate the return journey (as
all points seem to be on request), if there are no passengers from
the villagers on the outward journey.

Could do with saying so in the timetable if this is the case of
course!

Neil

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Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK