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article is user-generated content (ie external contribution) expressing
a personal opinion, not the views of BBC Gloucestershire.
Moving
into a new area is never an easy task. It takes time to find your
feet and work out what's where, which isn't particularly easy if
you don't have a car and live in one of the county's more rural
areas. Why? Because the bus service is terrible.
I live
in Dymock and trying to get into Gloucester town centre in time
for work is proving to be a nightmare. I have a choice of the 7.18am
bus, or the 9.48am. That's it!
As the bus time was printed incorrectly
I missed my one and only means of transport.
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user Nick |
The
former gets me in more than an hour early and the latter one, well
forget it. I'd be nearly an hour and a half late.
The
morning commute and I have the choice of one bus. And this morning,
I wasn't even that fortunate.
Early
morning mayhem
As
the bus time was printed incorrectly I missed my one and only means
of transport. My choices, let us say, were suddenly rather limited.
I waited
in the cold for half an hour, just to make sure the bus wasn't running
behind schedule, and then decided to do the only thing left available
to me: I smiled sweetly and stuck out my thumb.
Thankfully,
a very kind lady picked me up and we spent the ride into Gloucester
moaning about public transport.
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...But
not if you live in the countryside.
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Hitting
the town
And
how about going out in the evening? It would be nice to see what
Gloucester has to offer in the evening, maybe try and meet some
new people, but as the last bus of the night leaves Dymock at 5.28pm,
I wouldn't even be home from work in time to take advantage of it.
So,
it's another night in with the TV. Either that or I stay out all
night in Gloucester and trundle into work the next day wearing the
same clothes.
Do
you experience the same problems? Are local buses getting you down?
Want to have a good moan about it? Then go ahead!
This article
is user-generated content (ie external contribution) expressing a
personal opinion, not the views of BBC Gloucestershire. |
Going
to work in the morning can be enough of a struggle without having
to worry about the buses. Car-less Nick Harper has a moan about local
transport.
