Much Dewchurch bus info at Hereford Country Bus Station

[spiralsheep]

Dear kake, I did hypothetically, accidentally, win at your September challenge... if we include both the extension into October and the fact I wasn't actually aiming at the Much Dewchurch part of the challenge (oh, we do like to be be ciderpiano!). I know you're busy so no comment or prize necessary (as ever). Photo for the curious:

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[kake]

Hurrah, thank you! And there is a bonus mention of Merthyr Tydfil, where I used to work.

[tree]

all the Muches! now i am trying to work out what those bus route numbers equal here.

[spiralsheep]

I've been to Much Marcle and through Little Dewchurch (twice!) but not actually Much Dewchurch, which is some distance away.

The black on white numbers are bus route numbers. The white on black numbers are the bus stand (i.e. stop) numbers in that bus station. It's an odd system as most major bus stations seem to use letters for bus stands to avoid confusion with route numbers. Perhaps the bus passengers of Hereford are too intelligent to be fooled.... ;-)

[spiralsheep]

Merthyr Tydfil is like unto a mythical place full of coal and dragons!

[tree]

oh, i meant i wondered what route numbers there matched up to routes here. for example, the 441 (which goes to Michaelchurch Escley there) is the Birchgrove & Balmain to City and Art Gallery route here (in sydney). :)

[shewhostaples]

Wow - that takes me back. I used to live in Herefordshire and my dad drove buses. He mostly did the 503 and the 292, though.

[kake]

OK, that is spooky. The 412 in Hereford goes to Much Dewchurch (where an ex of mine lived, which is where this challenge originated), and I just looked up the 412 in London — it goes from my house to the current house of another ex, end-to-end.

I am now wondering where else in the UK has a 412 bus route.

[spiralsheep]

Ah, I thought I hadn't properly understood you, sorry. Yes, that could be interesting. The next time someone complains about their boring bus journey to work they could ask their flist for picture postcards from routes with the same number elsewhere, heh.

[spiralsheep]

Off topic: my last two supermarket bills, for different baskets of food, were both £8-88. /weird coincidences

[spiralsheep]

It's amazing how evocative place names and even route numbers can be. I nearly tried starting a "what's the most interesting street/place name you've visited and are there any places on your hypothetical To Visit list just because of their name?" post/thread.

Are there 503 or 292 bus routes near where you are now? ::curiosity::

[spiralsheep]

P.S. That's the only 412 a casual google reveals in the West Midlands but there is a route in South Wales from Cardigan to Haverfordwest. There's even a facebook group called "I spend most of my life on the 412 Haverfordwest-Cardigan bus", heh. Perhaps there should be a less specific group for all 412 bus passengers around the world? ;-)

[shewhostaples]

There's a 503 (Lane End - Godalming - Guildford) but no 292.

On the Isle of Wight (where my family now live, and where my brother drives buses) 503 is a school run from Ryde to Newport, and again there's no 292.