PlusBus? Not us!

Eastleigh was beautifully calm and still (albeit freezing cold) at 0400 this morning. Don't ask me why I got there at that time, I just did, and liked it very much. Might do it again before long!

Had a bit of fun washing the bus windows in the yard at 0630ish. Did V12 and V14, Taz washed and I bladed the windows. Trouble is, we only had cold water available and it was freezing on to the glass so quickly that I couldn't dare let Taz do more than one pane ahead of me at a time - normally the washer gets on with it and the blader catches up in his/her own good time.

Lots of financial stuff to work through today so the morning was office-bound. All good though and very necessary, but was able to sneak away after lunch to Barton Park to check up on progress with the water hose on V7 and to put 303 in for safety service.

The bus service operated entirely uneventfully all day, with no changes required to buses, drivers or anything, and every bus observed on time.

We had an enquiry over the weekend from a gentleman who wants to use a Southampton Plusbus to get from Parkway Station to the Rose Bowl tomorrow afternoon, and wondered if we would accept it. My answer was of course that we are not in the scheme at present, but that I would make enquiries to find out how difficult it would be, thinking that it couldn't be very!

So after talking to everyone else on the planet I ended up speaking to Gordon Frost, good guy and Commercial Manager of First H&D. He said there was no problem joining, it was very easy, he would send me a formal offer letter and we could reply. That's all fine, only trouble is, provided we apply by May we will be admitted in September! Just in time for the end of the cricket season!

V7 emerged from Brenhaul late afternoon complete with new air bag to go with its water hose, so tomorrow we are aiming for the "three DAF trick" for the second time.

For those that care, as I've left it tonight, V12 is on line S1 (0708 B-E etc), V7 is on S2 (0738 B-E etc) and V14 is on S3 (0720 E-B etc) tomorrow.