Below are the 4 most recent journal entries recorded in blakey06's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
6:36 am	Only 4 days to go.... Yup, at time of writing 4 days, 1 hour and 24 minutes till the 36x leaves for its annual journey :) Things to do in preparation :- 1) Find out what time 89 to catch to get us there promptly 2) Find and charge the digital camera 3) Ensure any old pics are off the camera so its nice and empty for me to fill up again! 4) Find the other mobile phone battery to take 2 batteries with us. Chris Current Mood: excited (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 19th, 2007
1:35 am	2 Weeks to go.... I'm very excited - Many of you will know that for many years I've had an interest in buses. My specific interests are in maps and timetables but I can't resist a trip down nostalgia lane and a chance to travel on and photograph some of the countries most preserved buses. In two weeks time my chance will be back yet again with the annual Cobham Bus Rally - which this year is held at the Longcross Qinetiq Test Track at Chobham Common on 1st April. This year is extra special because my friend Ben will be accompanying me on London`s most infrequent bus which serves this special annual event. ROUTE 36X - Special Annual Service Lewisham High Street (Stop E) : 0800 New Cross Bus Garage : 0810 Surrey Quays Station : 0820 Peckham Bus Station : 0830 Camberwell Bus Garage : 0835 Oval Station : 0840 Victoria Station (Wilton Rd) : 0850 NON STOP Chobham Common : 1000 Return Journey from Chobham Common is at 1700 - Arriving at Lewisham Bus Station at approximately 1900. Fares: Adult single £6 or return £8, equivalent for Seniors £5 and £7 or under 16s £4 and £6 Please Note :- The only set down point on the outbound journey is at Chobham Common and the bus will not pick up passengers on the return journey other than at Chobham Common. No passes are valid on this special service. The nearest rail station for the event is Woking - where special route 474 runs every few minutes to and from the event. Last year it was a treat I got to ride on a type of bus that left London many moons ago and has become my favourite type of bus - the Leyland Titan. The Titan started to be phased out in the mid to late 80`s in favour of the Leyland Olympian. However, Like the Routemaster the Titan just refused to go out quietly and it survived in service in London until 19th June 2003 when T1018 was the last Titan to run in London on route 40 - finally finishing at 20:38 in Aldgate Station. The Titan is unusual as it was the only other type of bus commonly used in London with 2 person operation - so a Titan could replace an RM or an RT with a driver and conductor. Last Year the event had both the original Titans - T1 and T2 but for whatever reason T1 managed to evade me all day long so i'm hoping its their this year!!! How to recognise a Titan? from behind :- the bus has a square single window from the side :- Single front entry door (often Yellow) - not dual door like the Olympian but Dual exit door from the front :- distinctive yellow Drivers upper deck view mirror from the inside :- the yellow,black,orange checked seats and spiral staircase - compared to the square case on the Olympians. Here is a pic of the elusive Titan T1 from Cobham last year.... Well I can't wait! I don't know if this kind of event interests anyone.. but I'll put pics up anyway :) Hugs to all Chris Current Mood: excited (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 16th, 2007
4:49 am	Rant of the day.... Theres 3 things that have bugged me past few days and it makes me feel so much better if I can get them off my chest here on my LJ. Lets start in reverse order.... 3) £5 notes - Does somebody somewhere have a huge stash of these things because whenever I pay for something say £4.99, the shop/store/supermarket or whatever rarely has a £5 note to give back and you end up with a load of coins instead..... 2) Everquest 2 - Level 51 and above.... I had no idea that once you reached level 51 you don't get the spells / combat arts / abilities that your entitled too automatically. You have to buy them or get them made for you by a friend / guild member. I feel that you've earned your way to that level you should at least get apprentice one of the various upgrades for nothing. Btw, Call of the Hero is cool at level 52... 1) Top of the list is those bastards from Juiced again - not content with upsetting my friends (Katrina and Darrin) somebody popped up in the chat room (Miro?) on Sunday night during the DT:UK and was remarkably silent throughout the entire show. Till I left that was when they made a very rude comment about me which was seen by a couple of witnesses - my friend Ben showed me on his screen what was put and it wasn't all that nice to say the least. Unfortunately, it appears that this time nothing can be done as there are no logs of the incident - just a couple of witnesses! - I'm going to be so dubious of any unusual names in future. And rounding things off on a good thing... Ben made my Wednesday by saying he'd accompany me on April 1st (no joke!) to Long Cross. So it'll almost certainly be a shortened DT:UK that day - we'll just have to ramble on less I guess... The other good thing this week was I got to meet Sheri`s friend Wire - he's a nice guy :) - We met for lunch on Monday at a rather inexpensive restaurant place and the food was great there too. (Just can't remember the name!) This weekend We intend on visiting Sheri`s friend Tanya and I hope to fit in a movie with the company`s free cinema tickets! :) Well thats all for now, Hugs, Chris Current Mood: bored (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
2:49 am	Live Journal works! - Bring back some memories! Well Although I can't see any of the 4 posts I've made recently and I can't see anyones else posts up until Yesterday without changing anything LJ seems to be working. If anyone has posted anything over the past couple of weeks I'm sorry I've not been able to reply to it because I can't see it - and if anyone can see the posts i've made in the last two weeks - 4 since some bananabrain decided to anonymously post weird and wacky things. All those posts are now gone which is good :) I don't want to make this post too long in case it doesn't work If you can see this then please respond back and I'll know - and in order to do this I've created a little task for you all :) Now apparently, I've got an entertaining sense of humour and often do things that make people laugh and make them happy so what I'd like you all to do is post in my LJ the one (or possibly two) things that you remember me for doing that has made you laugh and brought a huge smile to your face. It could be something I've said or even better something that I've done. But what is the funniest thing you ever remember me doing.... Your task for the day! and I'm looking forward to reading the replies and I'll respond back to all of them. Bring back some happy funny memories! Hugs, Chris Current Mood: accomplished (14 Comments |Comment on this)