tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post3265664086175805779..comments2024-03-25T19:07:29.729+00:00Comments on Steve's Bus & Train Page: Lurking In LowestoftSteve Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-67618938571211490712014-12-20T14:59:18.031+00:002014-12-20T14:59:18.031+00:00Merry Christmas, Lou - thanks for your continued s...Merry Christmas, Lou - thanks for your continued support.Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-45763481617108882392014-12-19T14:09:02.980+00:002014-12-19T14:09:02.980+00:00Love the caption under the one of 33423 that says ...Love the caption under the one of 33423 that says Santa's nicked the bus my fav caption ever great post as always I know Christmas is not for another 6 days but I will say Merry ChristmasLou Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875283277705272127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-6538219885850882072014-12-19T03:35:42.849+00:002014-12-19T03:35:42.849+00:00Definitely Happy CHRISTmas from me.Definitely Happy CHRISTmas from me.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13127173969169511656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-61177553001533741212014-12-19T00:22:50.981+00:002014-12-19T00:22:50.981+00:00Hi Mick
Can I say Merry Christmas, or does it hav...Hi Mick<br /><br />Can I say Merry Christmas, or does it have to be Happy Holidays? I'm in my 49th year and can't recall a single white Christmas so yes, a wet and overcast Christmas is the norm, although the next one to go up is slightly sunnier!<br /><br />Just to clarify we have lost one blog and one blogger - the blog he part owned is still up and running. This is truly a unique area in that it has a bigger concentration of blogs than anywhere else in the country - my old patch of Kent, for example, doesn't have one, and I'm half thinking of branching out down there. the trouble is it would require a huge amount of work, a Kent partner, and a readership which is far from guaranteed.<br /><br />I cover a huge area as you know - I travel around 5 - 600 miles a week by bus gathering news and pics and it has become a full time but unpaid job. When I was a teenager things were a lot simpler and there wasn't a fraction of the things to do that today's generation have - and no pressure to share your activities with the whole world either. Had blogs been around then the thought of the one myself and my best friend would have had makes my eyes water as Lord knows it would have been spectacular.<br /><br />But that all said I feel quite sorry for management here, who are under far more scrutiny from the likes of myself then they would be in any other area, and it is to their enormous credit that they are as open and receptive as they are. It has taken a long time to build up the reputation I have, and that is only because I am very careful with what I publish and when. I may not necessarily always be the first with everything, but I will not publish anything if I'm asked not to - for example those 4 Yorkshire Renowns I have known were coming to Yarmouth for over three weeks, yet only got clearance to publish today. I saw that Christmas pic up tonight and it brought a sense of real pride that a company or companies would push out the boat (and buses) on a filthy day like that just to create a pic for me when I couldn't even be there myself. Sometimes viewing figures don't matter, and it's the people I've met and got to know, be that management, drivers, fitters, commentators like yourself, or other bloggers and enthusiasts that has made this humble hobby of mine make this year go faster than any I've ever known. I hope the next year will be even better, but at the same time I can't keep doing something this time consuming for no pay, so who knows what might happen. <br /><br />Anyway that was a huge reply so have a great time over there, and thanks for taking the time to read, and the trouble to comment.Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-76065976945127579972014-12-18T23:10:00.299+00:002014-12-18T23:10:00.299+00:00A Merry Christmas to you too Steve.
Blogging on a...A Merry Christmas to you too Steve.<br /><br />Blogging on a regular basis is a hard job, especially keeping the reader interested and keen to check the latest posts (that's me from 4,000 miles from East Anglia).<br /><br />I notice that two local blogs have recently now closed, With respect, that's probably a good thing.<br /><br />Now another word of praise. I love your Christmas cover picture. How refreshing to have a Christmas photo without snow, but looking more like Christmas generally is in East Anglia. I'm in my 71st year and can remember very few, if any, white Christmas days in Norfolk.<br /><br />All best wishes to the blog for 2015.<br /><br />The Norfolk Carolina Grinch<br />(where we have one real White Christmas in the nine years since we've lived here)Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13127173969169511656noreply@blogger.com