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Hardcore 30 Mar 2013 | 01:08 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE In the course of planning a top secret IT project, a colleague and I met a software developer in London on Friday. He’s a lovely guy but you couldn’...
Homeward bound by road, rail and sea 29 Mar 2013 | 06:19 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Day two started with breakfast at Tiffany’s. We were uninspired by the prospect of a Royal Albion fry-up, and worried about being swept up into a se...
Overland to Brighton 25 Feb 2013 | 12:06 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Regular readers of this irregular blog will know that occasionally I go on holiday with a couple of fellow industry professionals. To protect th...
You can help some of the people... 12 Dec 2012 | 04:18 pm
While I love all our customers unconditionally, some are easier to help than others. I'm not sure whether the passenger I met on Saturday in Hedge End should be chided for his stupidity or commended ...
End of an era 18 Aug 2012 | 03:55 am
Yesterday saw a certain 'coming of age' for Velvet as we retired the last of the Volvo B10M double deckers - the vehicles that brought us into the world in the first place right at the start of 2008. ...
A Life Changing Experience 12 Jul 2012 | 07:20 am
Some people might think things have been a little quiet here lately. That’s partly due to pressure of work – we started operating two new routes in Winchester on 11th June, and the workload involved f...
i recommend this blog 8 May 2012 | 04:10 am
One of my long-standing criticisms of the bus industry - and one of the reasons for setting up my own company, although we are barely out of the starting blocks ourselves - was because I have always f...
Overheard... 15 Apr 2012 | 02:41 am
A new Travelodge has opened in Eastleigh, opposite the railway station. It's perfect for me, being half way between the yard and the office. I need never go home! I'm looking forward to being invited ...
Reasons not to get BSOGged down 18 Mar 2012 | 11:37 am
It is not very often that I use this blog to comment on topical issues. However, one subject has been troubling me greatly of late, so I am interrupting the usual stream of travelogues and whimsical o...
From A to B 24 Feb 2012 | 01:05 pm
I wasn’t expecting much of a view from an Aachen hotel window, so to throw open the curtains to be greeted with the imposing sight of the Marschiertor was a welcome bonus. The Germans do mediaeval qui...
