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Last year I did two challenges based on small London buses which have letter suffixes - Small buses with letters and The bus of St George. Looking back I've done a few flans with these local little buses which go off the beaten track. In 2013 I did 10 stops of the C10 and I went on the W19 in 2015.

Today was the turn of the K1 - a little bus going from Kingston to New Malden via Surbiton and Tolworth. It also goes past Tolworth Hospital, and in good little bus style it's the only bus that does.

1b is:
  • Get on the first bus that comes along (and that you're able to get onto).
  • Stay on the bus until you reach the 10th stop or the end of the route, whichever comes first.
  • Get off and navigate your way home by a method of your choice.

This was quite a disappointing flan. My current work route is Surbiton Station to Tolworth Hospital and that turns out to be 9 stops worth. Ten stops is just round the corner from Surbiton station. This is very boring.

The other way the bus goes to New Malden. I was going to wait 15 minutes for it when I realised it has a hail and ride section. How do i count stops with that?

Have some photos - Surbiton Station is a lovely Art Deco thing.
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[personal profile] secretlondon
1b -Get on the first bus that comes along (and that you're able to get onto).
Stay on the bus until you reach the 10th stop or the end of the route, whichever comes first.
Get off and navigate your way home by a method of your choice.


Hospitals are often served by little buses and having worked in several hospitals I have previous little bus experience: the C10 from St Thomas’ in 2013, and the W19 from Whipps Cross to Ilford in 2015. 2014 was night buses instead, and 2016 was bus free. I’m currently lucky enough to be working in the beautiful grounds of an 1840 county pauper lunatic asylum. In the past such places were hidden away – now they have little buses, in this case the G1.

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