tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post4956184192911353643..comments2023-12-01T10:35:12.938+00:00Comments on Boatlife: Cruising Aboard NB Valerie: Turning a London needle or two into a bit of fun.Les Biggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-73498243581417361322015-03-13T19:54:29.374+00:002015-03-13T19:54:29.374+00:00Hi Bryce
The RT type bus was about 30 feet. Hard t...Hi Bryce<br />The RT type bus was about 30 feet. Hard to get round some tight corners with no power steering. Our roads are smaller and position was very important to get through some small junctions.<br />Here they also crush a lot of stone but I guess the area around the arch was small and the chance to ship the stone away was of help.<br />LesLes Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-40525150481241153422015-03-13T19:35:46.497+00:002015-03-13T19:35:46.497+00:00Thank you Carol
LesThank you Carol<br />LesLes Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-11224753367242555062015-03-13T19:34:49.296+00:002015-03-13T19:34:49.296+00:00Hello Mike
Before the 18 I was going to school on ...Hello Mike<br />Before the 18 I was going to school on an electric trolley bus.<br />LesLes Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-72600704202529130842015-03-12T15:18:52.073+00:002015-03-12T15:18:52.073+00:00Two distinctly different topics iMO.
I just realiz...Two distinctly different topics iMO.<br />I just realized how physically short a London coach/bus really is. Here the municipal coaches are much longer; only recently have they brought in shorter in length coaches for the non-rush hour crowd so to speak. Mind ourroads are wider and often have more turning radius on corners although even that doesn't prevent running over the curb sometimes.<br /><br />As to those destroyed stone arches. here you'd never find the disused stone, it would be dumped in hoppers, on site and ground into small chucnks to be then transferred elsewhere and pulverized into a fine sand which would then be recycled into other objects of similar contnet.<br />Now as to the comment:<br />"Nowadays I`m sixty six and look it."<br />I don't believe it for a moment, and may I add as long as you don't act like your alledged age, all will be just fine. Besides, you have a young at heart wife<br />on board now who "will" keep you in line!<br />Bryce Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-54730925479680669102015-03-09T07:49:42.011+00:002015-03-09T07:49:42.011+00:00A brilliant blog Les, thank you!A brilliant blog Les, thank you!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155792486454776550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-66546019610829600702015-03-08T20:21:10.085+00:002015-03-08T20:21:10.085+00:00Oh my!
Do I remember the 18 bus? That was the tran...Oh my!<br />Do I remember the 18 bus? That was the transport of delight that took me to Primary School and more importantly brought me home again!<br />Carreras also played a part in my life as they had playing fields in Stanmore where my dad played a couple of times when he worked for ABC Cinemas. He went home to Wandsworth and told Mum he'd found a nice place in the country to buy a house. In those days the tube only went to Wembley Park so Stanmore pre-war was very rural. Hey ho. Good blog L and J. Be lucky. MikeMikeWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094792444424123629noreply@blogger.com