"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions."
It was Pam Ayres who hit the headlines a goodly few years ago with a poem, "I wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth". fbb shares the concept, but at 81 he has probably left it too late. Today at 1000 the old bloke will be enjoying a very expensive extraction; after which he is due at the church "Contact" Lunch.
Woohoo Wuhan!
Having failed so far to unearth detail about Wuhan's apparently excellent bus service, he is now trying to understand tour buses. They are not "open top" but they are double deck.
They are in multiple touristy loveries and have a look of a modernised Routemaster about them.
Some top deck windows are large and curve into the roof thus ensuring that there are good views looking up. And there is plenty to look up at! Some have an upwards view but others don't.
Tables are provided for families that wish to sit face to face.
The seats look far more comfy than on any open top tour bus fbb has ridden on in the UK.
They congregate near a clone of Bradford Town Hall ...
... amd the only place they appear to pass is the Yellow Crane Tower!
Hopefully you do get to see a bit more for your money! The only price fbb could find on-line was in US dollars.
That equates to approx 38 Chinese Yen which doesn't seem a good deal as you would get 19 bus rides at 2 Yen and more fun! That is if you coud find out where and when the buses go.
But there is plenty to see apart from tower blocks ...
... and very, very scary road junctions!
Four Wheels Good : Six Wheels Bad
"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions."
fbb has already hinted at problems at the re-sited and extended Peterville Castle. There was insufficient clearance between track and castle walls causing longer coaches to either demolish bits of castle or be demolished by bigger bits of castle.
So the whole track layout at the castle end had to be rejigged and carried over a huge drop to the floor of the fbb attic!
And even then, fbb's 0-6-0 tank locos were prone to derail!
It never used to be a problem in the old bloke's teenage years.
Six wheel locos would rattle through the track at great speed without derailing. So what's the difference from then to now?
Can our eagle eyed reader spot the differences between the wheels on a 1967 0-6-0 chassis and the wheels removed from a 2010 chassis.
More tomorrow - hopefully!
"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions."
Yesterday, the sore throat burst into a hugely annoying cold generating huge amounts of mucus and an aura of total lethargy at fbb mansions.
Sigh. Groan. Sniff. Cough. Sneeze and repeat as required!
Next Emergency blog : Weds 20th May
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