Have Bus Pass will Travel !

[QDanT]

Mrs QDanT left for the shoe mines/handbag quarrys with the girls this morning :sadwavey: Free Time
Rummaged through the fridge/freeezer found some rib-eye packed the Trolly
out to the bus stop with my over 60's free pass asked the driver for the nearest stop to Greeberfield locks please, just ring the bell where you want dropping off his reply

Being an OAP it's only £6 a year to fish from the Anchor Inn to Bank Newton top lock, with the Cross Keys Inn just over 1/2 way,
Had a look round Greeberfield locks

then headed back the other way

Flocks of Curlews flying round squeaking

Moorhen

passed under the road bridge I was going to walk back on, to a dissused canal wharf building

I'll huff and puff and push your wall down said the Sycamore tree

charred punk wood from the Fungus Ear Cafe post

and a Sulphur match stub

anothe Moorhen on the opposite bank

Peas, Carrots, Smash with Nutmeg and Rib-eye

and a Pinotage

then a pipe of Balkan mix

then walked back on the road to the bus stop for a Free ride home

 

[Harvestman]

Good trip. That steak looks a meal for a man!

 

[Tengu]

Bus passes are great arent they?

Its hard getting me or my father out of our cars but we are both very grateful for bus passes.

(And if you are elegible, and havent got one, what are you waiting for?)

 

[Mesquite]

That looked like a great day out with a mouthwatering dinner

 

[Laurentius]

Turned sixty last year, but you can't get a pass until you reach 66 round here.

 

[Diamond Dave]

Now that's living the dream.........

 

[QDanT]

Turned sixty last year, but you can't get a pass until you reach 66 round here.

When you get to 66 it'll be 72 !

 

[Joonsy]

I enjoyed reading that QDanT, I have walked many of the canals in the midlands but none in the north. I take an interest in their history and spent many happy times on my pals old narrowboat in the 80s before he passed away. It was nice to see the photo of those curlews, when I was young I used to see lots of them in Shropshire and listen to their wonderful call but they are much scarcer now and have in fact just been added to the red list due to their population decline. Looks like you had a great day, thanks for posting.

 

[Bishop]

A grand day out to be sure. Looks like the trailer is working out really well for you.

 

[John Fenna]

Dammio!
Last time I was there I was 20 years old and had just dislocated my knee on a Lands End to JOG attempt - stayed at Earby YHA and the next stop was a B&B in Thornton...
painful memories!
Your walk looks a lot less painful

 

[oldtimer]

Good to be reminded that old age does have some benefits. I just hope bus passes are still around when our younger members reach our age. And if they are you won't have to be over eighty to retire.

Our problem in Oxfordshire is that all the bus routes are closing down. In France anyone of any age can travel anywhere in our department (county) for one euro. This was a measure to get people out of cars, and it works. We walk along the coast or up into the hills until we get tired and then catch the bus home.

 

[Laurentius]

Good to be reminded that old age does have some benefits. I just hope bus passes are still around when our younger members reach our age. And if they are you won't have to be over eighty to retire.

Our problem in Oxfordshire is that all the bus routes are closing down. In France anyone of any age can travel anywhere in our department (county) for one euro. This was a measure to get people out of cars, and it works. We walk along the coast or up into the hills until we get tired and then catch the bus home.

My car is still a precious resource to me, even if I did have a bus pass, there are favourite places I just could not get to by bus any more.

 

[Joonsy]

Good to be reminded that old age does have some benefits. I just hope bus passes are still around when our younger members reach our age. And if they are you won't have to be over eighty to retire.

Our problem in Oxfordshire is that all the bus routes are closing down. In France anyone of any age can travel anywhere in our department (county) for one euro. This was a measure to get people out of cars, and it works. We walk along the coast or up into the hills until we get tired and then catch the bus home.

I travel a lot by bus and train, the problem with public transport is that they reduce their services during sundays and bank holidays, which is a real pain if you want to go anywhere on those days, sometimes there is no service at all on sundays on some bus routes. Also I like to be out on evenings and some bus services finish about 6:30 so that is a pain too, I suppose bus drivers like to be home as well, it's a pain though when you have to rely on public transport, the services are being reduced all the time some places they are non existent.

 

[QDanT]

My car is still a precious resource to me, even if I did have a bus pass, there are favourite places I just could not get to by bus any more.

That's fair enough but because I've got both if I go up the Dales (last 1/2 dozen Out & About posts) it's the car but anywhere local I'll take the bus and drink more wine. I guess I'm lucky living in the countryside, here's the view from my bedroom window

 

[QDanT]

I enjoyed reading that QDanT, I have walked many of the canals in the midlands but none in the north. I take an interest in their history and spent many happy times on my pals old narrowboat in the 80s before he passed away. It was nice to see the photo of those curlews, when I was young I used to see lots of them in Shropshire and listen to their wonderful call but they are much scarcer now and have in fact just been added to the red list due to their population decline. Looks like you had a great day, thanks for posting.

It was the Lapwings that were first back this year but the Curlews soon followed, they both nest in the fields out back

and we wake up to their calls. Along with the Coltsfoot flowering it's my reminder that spring has arrived

 

[QDanT]

Dammio!
Last time I was there I was 20 years old and had just dislocated my knee on a Lands End to JOG attempt - stayed at Earby YHA and the next stop was a B&B in Thornton...
painful memories!
Your walk looks a lot less painful

I wonder how many people have hopped the Lands End to JOG :sad6: IGMC

My walk was also on the level

 

[John Fenna]

I wonder how many people have hopped the Lands End to JOG :sad6: IGMC

My walk was also on the level

My LA-JOG was a fail - once I got off the limestone and nice turf and back into peat my knee said "NO!" ... the dislocation had torn muscles, ligaments and cartilage and my knee was being pulled apart at every step.... I got as far Durham before calling it a day.
That injury has caused untold grief over the years with over compensation destroying other joints! I have recently realized that I cannot walk more than 5 easy miles and have had to give up canoeing! My main interest for most of my outdoor life was Long Distance walking (Member of the Long Distance and Backpackers clubs...) and in my 40s started leading expeds around the globe....now a walk around the village can hurt (on a bad day)!
Canal walks look good - but there are no canals around here - and I may steal your trolley design!
Be nice to me - show a picture of the harness side

 

[nic a char]

bus pass + thumb

 

[demographic]

That's fair enough but because I've got both if I go up the Dales (last 1/2 dozen Out & About posts) it's the car but anywhere local I'll take the bus and drink more wine.

I noticed that the bottle on the bus pass trip was a full size one instead of the single glass size

Nice area.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Great report and pics, as ever thoroughly entertaining.