Slow march to freedom

[Blackberrywine]

Missed my bus by one minute this morning. Next one 45 minutes. Missed my swim! Darn it. That's £4.50 down the swannie as I pay in advance. Swimming helps with stiffness and pain greatly. The getting dressed and undressed is a challenge!

[greynot]

How frustrating!

We don't have buses here...

[Blackberrywine in reply to greynot]

No buses? How do you get around? It was my own fault. Forgot it was Sunday service. Managed a swim today.

[greynot in reply to Blackberrywine]

We're in a village in Cumbria. You have to drive (or be driven). Though fortunately we have a train service so can get to our nearest town on a rattly old diesel train.

We used to have buses, then suddenly we didn't!

[VeronicaF in reply to greynot]

my brother lives in cumbria, and my mum did too until she past in 2018, she is buried in cockermouth chruch grounds

[oldtimer2]

That's really irritating! Did you see the bus disappearing?

But how marvellous to have a bus timetable - the bus which comes up my street (but not down as it's a circular route) is so variable that I cannot work out when it's supposed to be. The timings seem to bear little resemblance to the published timetable on the website. Fortunately I can still walk into town with my walker (and back) but chose to live here partly because of the bus route...