tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post4387795127837629432..comments2024-03-25T19:07:29.729+00:00Comments on Steve's Bus & Train Page: Scottish Trip Part 3Steve Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-39351505925714487502014-07-13T00:04:49.105+01:002014-07-13T00:04:49.105+01:00Cheers,Tim buddy - hope to be over to see you soon...Cheers,Tim buddy - hope to be over to see you soon :)Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-37389621667710476052014-07-12T23:26:43.161+01:002014-07-12T23:26:43.161+01:00Epic trip Steve lad epic !!!! I'm with tinker ...Epic trip Steve lad epic !!!! I'm with tinker bring it on ! suffolkraiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352527625849770984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-64815695660928749912014-07-12T18:29:43.171+01:002014-07-12T18:29:43.171+01:00Tinker it's comments like that which inspire m...Tinker it's comments like that which inspire me to carry on. Thanks so much for taking the trouble to make a comment like that. Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-69777822981045885522014-07-12T15:37:14.135+01:002014-07-12T15:37:14.135+01:00My inner traveller has just let out a squee at rea...My inner traveller has just let out a squee at reading this. Wonderful, thank you. I can't get over how well presented both buses and trains are. Sadly I can't do trains as often as I'd like as I have a habit of falling asleep on them, although I - like you - could happily do 14 hours on a train without a problem.<br /><br />Thinking of trains, love that little train too. I've actually got a similar sort of one, albeit much smaller and sans plants, sat on my TV cabinet. Mum got me it (the train, not the cabinet) years ago.tinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-44109192162754504582014-07-11T20:54:06.359+01:002014-07-11T20:54:06.359+01:00Wouldn't have been the same without you, Grace...Wouldn't have been the same without you, Grace. Yes I can do 14 hours on trains with ease, but I forget for others that is a right marathon, and you really were in a zombie state when we got back to Edinburgh! I'll never forget waiting for our last connection at Stirling with you in an almost trance like state! Bet you'd do it again though! Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-55452956135608346842014-07-11T20:49:51.642+01:002014-07-11T20:49:51.642+01:00It was a great trip! but it was very long! you got...It was a great trip! but it was very long! you got some great pictures, I love the one at kyle of lochalsh xGracenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-28730152496980301342014-07-11T20:19:37.021+01:002014-07-11T20:19:37.021+01:00Well 11 years ago there was a 20 min bus service f...Well 11 years ago there was a 20 min bus service from Kyleakin, acroos the Skye bridge to Kyle of Lochalsh which cost 15p - i kid you not. now there are about 5 a day, operated by Stagecoach Sccottish Citylink and the fare is £1.80! The cafe at Kyle has gone downhill dramatically, but who cares when the scenery hasn't. I feel as though I've gone home when I'm up there and already l,ooking at cottages to book next year!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-41121571899385921712014-07-11T19:10:03.554+01:002014-07-11T19:10:03.554+01:00Wonderful, brought back old memories . . . when se...Wonderful, brought back old memories . . . when setting out after school around 1972, I did the same trip (via the old rattly National Express in its early days) but having a fortnight took in the Highland Line to Thurso/Wick and the sea trip to Orkney and across the island as well as traversing Skye with the crossing the Tobermory and across the island to Iona, and out to the Outer Hebrides and across the islands to Stornoway too, and Tongue. I wonder how much has changed, The Skye bridge, obviously, but otherwise I think not as much as I might expect, apart from the inevitable branding of everything . . . And that's the problem. I suspect despite all the competition hype, those local set-ups that were good in the old days of the 70s are still by and large good today. And those things that were second-rate then, are still second-rate today, with a few noteable exceptions. We all get defensive in the face of change. Names change, but people don't. The same is true of individual hospitals, surgeries, schools and public services generally, as well as buses and trains. What makes the difference, good management helps, but I suspect that means patience, perseverance and attention to detail: the very opposite of what any management consultant will tell you. Or I'm just getting old and nostalgic.smurfukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812247601237248526noreply@blogger.com