Small moment of bus-related joy
Aug. 16th, 2012 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nanilaI've just started commuting from Birmingham to London on a weekly basis, and one of the things this is allowing me to do is explore bus routes I've never taken before. This week I stayed with a friend of mine who lives near Elephant & Castle. I looked up the best way to get to her place on the Transport for London Journey Planner and it suggested a route, involving multiple buses, starting near the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park.
However, I discovered on walking out of my workplace building that there is a tiny bus stop hidden on the other side of the Royal Albert Hall that serves exactly one bus, the 360. The 360 begins just outside my building and terminates at Elephant & Castle. I experienced a thrill that I hope![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
flaneurs can understand, hopped on the bus and looked out the window for most of the 40 minute trip. It wended through South Kensington (very pleasant), Chelsea (also pleasant) and to the north bank of the Thames, where it traveled down to Vauxhall Bridge. Then it turned and went along the south bank of the river, affording more lovely views before finally heading down to Elephant past the Imperial War Museum. It was a delightful journey.* I was happy to return to work on this small and uncrowded route in the morning. The Tube would definitely have been faster, but not nearly as pleasant.
* Although I was a little miffed with myself for going wrong by getting off at the last stop instead of the penultimate one, which forced me to retrace about 100 metres to get the second bus to my friend's house.
However, I discovered on walking out of my workplace building that there is a tiny bus stop hidden on the other side of the Royal Albert Hall that serves exactly one bus, the 360. The 360 begins just outside my building and terminates at Elephant & Castle. I experienced a thrill that I hope
flaneurs can understand, hopped on the bus and looked out the window for most of the 40 minute trip. It wended through South Kensington (very pleasant), Chelsea (also pleasant) and to the north bank of the Thames, where it traveled down to Vauxhall Bridge. Then it turned and went along the south bank of the river, affording more lovely views before finally heading down to Elephant past the Imperial War Museum. It was a delightful journey.* I was happy to return to work on this small and uncrowded route in the morning. The Tube would definitely have been faster, but not nearly as pleasant.* Although I was a little miffed with myself for going wrong by getting off at the last stop instead of the penultimate one, which forced me to retrace about 100 metres to get the second bus to my friend's house.
