Another Potential Failure (1)

Take A Drive On The 305 ...

... which, until recently, was the 205. It shows destination Tickhill which hides some unusual route details. It is the only bus route that leaves Doncaster via Balby Carr Bank ...

... serving older industrial premises built on railway land. Next call is the iPort ...

... yet another vast warehouse area, dominated by at least three mega sheds for Amazon.

Whilst the dedicated i4 route delves deep into the logistics jungle ...

... the 305 just kisses the warehousing delights ...

... with a broad vista of delivery trucks to greet you as you alight.

The 305 then takes a less than conventional route through Rossington ...

... (grey "cased" line) before setting off south towards Tickhill. Journeys divert from Stripe Road to serve Hesley "Village".

This is an academic institution for 16 to 25 age young men with learning difficulties and social problems.

The second turn (anonymous on the PTE map!) takes buses to more warehouses ...

... notably DHL where it is probably necessary to be able to speak Polish!

There is a lavish bus shelter for the convenience of vistors and workers.

We are now almost ar Tickhill, but the 305 has another trick (Trickhill?) up its omnibological sleeve.

Some journeys run via Harworth!

Here more warehouses are served ...

... built on the site of older industrial premises. 

There was Harworth Colliery ...

... and the glassworks, known locally and on works bus blinds as "Harworth Glass Bulbs". Although fbb remembers the bus stop "flag" in the old Worksop bus station, he can find no pictures.

Our 305 finally gets to Tickhill ...

... calling at the Square.

It then does an anti-clockwose loop via The Westfield Road estate before trotting off back to Doncaster.

The main and direct bus route from Doncaster is Stagecoach 22 ...

... but back in East Midland days there was more variety ...

... including a 21 via Bawtry. 

Note also the 21B which ran to Maltby.

Here is the timetable with seven outbound trips Monday to Friday (less on Saturday) ...

... and nine inbound, with two trips starting from Tickhill but not leaving Doncaster.

Clearly the times are based on shift patterns, but with some journeys aimed at staff at the Helsey College. The timetable non-leaflet announces that DHL and Hesley have part funded the service.

But why does fbb show such detailed interest in this rather uninspiring works service?

Because it is withdrawn at the end of the month and replaced by the X11.

But is it completely replace by the X11? See tomorrow's blog for a possible answer.

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 The Easter Jigsaw 

Nails!

No one doubts the cruelty of the act of crucifixion. It was designed to be a lingering painful death, publicly displayed to discourage others. The nail shown above was a genuine nail used in the 1st Centuty AD. There is no reason to suggest that those that nailed Jesus would be any different.

Most expert historians explain that, contrary to many pictures, nails would be hammered through the wrist joint not the palm of the hand, creating a firmer fix.

What is challenging for those that doubt the divine purpose of his death is why Jesus chose to go to Jerusalem in the first plasce, and why at the Pasover when his claims would be all the more provocative.

The trial was illegal, the crucifixion was illegal and both could have been avoided.

So why let it happen?

The Son of God must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its saviour.

So explained Jesus to Jewish leader Nicodemus very early in his ministry: John's Gospel Chapter 3 verses 15 and 16).

But a dead Saviour wasn't much of a Saviour.

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 Next Variety blog : Sat 19th April