New buses

The last couple of weeks have seen Stagecoach Manchester, my main bus company introducing brand new dual fuel buses to something of their routes down the Oxford Road corridor (once identified as the busiest bus routes outside London).

Even over the packed masses of students new and old for the two universities and several schools served by this route, the smell of 'new vehicle' has been a particularly nice experience both going to and coming home from work. Their far quieter engines have been more of a mixed blessing as those same students talk quite loudly!

It will be interesting to see how long it takes for these buses to come into general service.

John Fairhurst
http://www.johnsbooks.Co.Uk

Cheapest Petrol?

This is a rather unlikely looking picture of a petrol station that I regularly pass. Unfortunately, the prices aren't as generous as they seem - there's a missing pound sign hidden by the angle of the shot (you may have to view the image full sized - I think my HTC Magic Android phone's seriously brilliant generally but the camera isn't by any stretch of the imagination a good one I fear, especially when taking photos from the top deck of a bus :-)).

Despite the fun thrill of seeing a petrol station offering petrol at only a penny and diesel for tuppence, this petrol station is still one of the cheapest around with both 'only' a bit over a pound (approximately ~$1.50 at current exchange rates).