Day 2 – Twitter Digest

Day 2 dawns, and I've another lengthy day's travel ahead of me. From East Scotland all the way down over the border and into Carlisle.

• http://qik.com/video/1507241 6:59 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3n8bv - Day 2 - and we're off! 7:10 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3n8km - Breakfast on the move - the regular commuters seem to have had theirs already. 7:17 AM
• Just realised - this nearly new bus started life in Manchester - the MX reg and a sign on the stairs are the give away. 7:24 AM
• I'm (very) trying but it looks like I may have borked my laptop. Not sure. Stick to mobile for now. 8:54 AM
• On X54 to Glenrothes arrive 0925. Nice coach with leather seats. 8:55 AM
• In the Kingdom of Fife. Quite hilly, not big, just lots of them. 8:57 AM
• On X54 to Glenrothes arrive 0925. Nice coach with leather seats. 8:57 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3nbk6 - Fwd: You can just make out the bridge o'er silvery Tay, Dundee in background. 9:06 AM
• There is a knack to taking photos from a moving vehicle. I'm getting slightly better, but still not all that. 9:07 AM
• Whilst I'm here, apologies if I've not replied to you yet. All a bit whistlestop still. Will get round to it. 9:09 AM
• There is a knack to taking photos from a moving vehicle. I'm getting slightly better, but still not all that. 9:09 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3nc9e - Having a nice mug o' tea at the Wee Diner in Glenrothes bus station. 9:41 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3nctt - 5 mins late departing Glenrothes. Curse of the first bus free travel passes are valid on? 10:11 AM
• For moment there, sat in Dunfermline bus station, I thought we might have our first problem. Kneeling function awry but ok now. Lost 4 mins. 10:49 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3ne72 - First (and only?) section of motorway on my journey. Next stop: Cumbernauld. 11:15 AM
• http://qik.com/video/1507983 12:00 AM
• I can't recall being to a bigger or more confusing bus station than Glasgow Buchanan. Crazy. 12:03 AM
• Now on service 4 to Ayr. Arrival 1359 - not the fast route. 12:04 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3nft6 - In Glasgow, home of frying, and kiosk only sells salad sandwiches and this Ginster's monstrosity. Bah. 12:26 AM
• Glasgow suburb should be renamed Colinshaw, after the French. Discuss. 12:29 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3ngiy - Current bus is a standard Stagecoach 90s bus with high floor. Reseated. Type runs my local route 169 in Mcr - ... 12:52 AM
• http://twitpic.com/3njmy - Eric bridge fail in Ayr? 2:20 PM
• http://twitpic.com/3nkpq - Not what I expected - another coach, this one with 3 axles. 2:47 PM
• This is the key connection today: arrive Dumfries 1701. Depart 1710. Lets hope rush hour in Dumfries isn't too bad. 2:49 PM
• This is literally drive-by tourism. Subjected Ayr town centre to a cursory 20 min walkabout. 2:53 PM
• School chucking out time. Lots of extra buses take to the highways, some quite old to keep council tax down no doubt. 3:06 PM
• http://twitpic.com/3nlvv - Does an ergonomicly designed seat back really improve the customer experience? Not sure meself. Just tends to ... 3:13 PM
• Speaking of old school buses, just seen 2 old Warrington dd's parked up in Auchinleck. I-Spy Bonus Points 1000 3:30 PM
• Left Cumnock on time. Drivers swapped. So has my mobile. 3:38 PM
• http://twitpic.com/3no8v - Fluffy lambs. Aww. 4:00 PM
• 30 mins to go. Will Dumfries' notorious traffic jams prevent a smooth change? ;) 4:44 PM
• I feel like a reality tv producer, trying to ramp up the tension of a pretty dull episode. 4:45 PM
• Truth is that Glasgow was much more touch and go than rural romps. 4:47 PM
• Made it to the bus stop on time, but what's this? Gretna? I want to go to Carlisle. Has the tt changed? 5:10 PM
• I shouldn't have joked about Dumfries and traffic. It's bad enough that there's no sign of the bus as yet. 5:13 PM
• http://twitpic.com/3nsox - Phew. 5:19 PM
• I think I fell victim to "last bus stop before the county boundary" syndrome. Merseyside does that from time to time. 5:23 PM
• http://twitpic.com/3nt9b - Unrefurbished standard 90s single decker 5:28 PM
• This bus must have worked in Manchester at some point too: there's an old Clippercard machine by the door. First and last buses of the day. 5:39 PM
• http://twitpic.com/3nwle - England is behind this man's head. 6:22 PM
• I am catching up with all my internets at the B&B. Sorry for the tardiness. 7:20 PM