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thing1

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Bus shelters!
« on: 09 June, 2010, 12:15:24 pm »
This fine example was spotted by Marc Cunnington on Valley of the Rocks 2010 (between Crediton and Honiton), and forwarded on to me to share with the yacf bus shelter appreciation society.


Nanas' comfy bus shelter

Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #1 on: 09 June, 2010, 12:21:01 pm »
Where's the kettle? And bike rack?

Otherwise, audax ready.
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chris

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #2 on: 09 June, 2010, 12:23:38 pm »
They fit them with all the creature comforts that the locals need in the Outer Hebrides too -

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #3 on: 09 June, 2010, 12:34:36 pm »
The Betpouey bus shelter on the Tourmalet is a firm favourite in our family. It's not the most aesthetically pleasing, but it's provided a cool haven for many a hot and knackered cyclist plodding back up the Tourmalet to Bareges after a long ride out.  Especially my Dad, for whom it has a shrine-like status. ;)

hellymedic

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #4 on: 09 June, 2010, 08:45:48 pm »

Chris N

Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #5 on: 09 June, 2010, 08:49:36 pm »
Maentwrog:

Site of my very first rando-nap. :thumbsup:

Salvatore

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #6 on: 09 June, 2010, 09:06:55 pm »
A nice bit of trompe l'oeil spotted by my sister near New Abbey



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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #7 on: 09 June, 2010, 09:12:14 pm »
That's a nasty trick to play on a tired Audaxer!

Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #8 on: 09 June, 2010, 09:24:59 pm »
http://www.unstbusshelter.shetland.co.uk/
That is all.

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Salvatore

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #9 on: 09 June, 2010, 09:25:30 pm »
Floral adornments at Weston Underwood, Beds.

With intact windows and a comfy-looking bench.

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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

Salvatore

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #10 on: 09 June, 2010, 09:33:13 pm »
They fit them with all the creature comforts that the locals need in the Outer Hebrides too -

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It's the same in Galloway

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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

border-rider

Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #11 on: 09 June, 2010, 10:18:50 pm »
Maentwrog:

Site of my very first rando-nap. :thumbsup:

Oooh I had a doze in that just a few weeks ago :)

It's a popular one - sometimes it's already been taken, and you have to get there early to get a place  ;D

andygates

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #12 on: 09 June, 2010, 10:51:35 pm »
With intact windows and a comfy-looking bench.

You have such high standards, you audaxers!

(was that first one in Down St Mary?)
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jogler

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #13 on: 10 June, 2010, 08:24:20 am »
Maentwrog:

Site of my very first rando-nap. :thumbsup:

Oooh I had a doze in that just a few weeks ago :)

It's a popular one - sometimes it's already been taken, and you have to get there early to get a place  ;D


I too have been there.Such tenuous connections to proper audaxers makes me feel that one day I may be worthy 8)

thing1

  • aka Joth
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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #14 on: 10 June, 2010, 12:16:34 pm »

(was that first one in Down St Mary?)

Don't think so - well he would have been quite off route if it were.

jogler

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #15 on: 10 June, 2010, 12:21:59 pm »
There's a very convenient one at St. Anne's Chapel shortly after the top of the climb from the Tamar at Gunnislake.
Imagine the one Salvatore posted but without the windows.
Sorry,no pics. 'cause I didn't have the enrgy to use a camera ::-)

jogler

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #16 on: 10 June, 2010, 12:27:50 pm »
There is a typical wooden-shed without front wall bus shelter at Sudbury(Derbyshire) almost enclosed by the hedge & vines.I use it to measure time/distance on one of my routes as well as a nibble/sip stop.
On a good day it's 50 mins. away(19.8km).More than an hour = a bad day.

Salvatore

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #17 on: 15 June, 2010, 12:22:14 pm »
It was a toss-up between this thread and the  "guess the place" thread.



No bus timetable, just a bit of poetry on the GWR bench.

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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

Zipperhead

  • The cyclist formerly known as Big Helga
Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #18 on: 16 June, 2010, 04:24:29 pm »
Won't somebody think of the hamsters!

clarion

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #19 on: 16 June, 2010, 04:27:11 pm »
There's a tramp in that one! ;)
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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #20 on: 16 June, 2010, 04:32:19 pm »

Toby and I hiding from the rain in a bus shelter in Cwrtnewydd on the Brevet Cymru. There was an even better one in Drefach.
What on earth am I doing here on this beautiful day?! This is the only life I've got!!

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Zipperhead

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #21 on: 16 June, 2010, 04:40:40 pm »
There's a tramp in that one! ;)

To misquote Samual Johnson, "When a man is tired of life, he makes a wisecrack about a flame haired amazon"
Won't somebody think of the hamsters!

Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #22 on: 16 June, 2010, 04:46:03 pm »
Luxury!

Last Sunday morning it was a 10 minute sleep on a bed made from the bread crates at the back of this BP garage: here in Ponterwyd

On LEL geraldc and I had a nice stop on the way to Alston here as the sun was starting to come up.
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clarion

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Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #23 on: 16 June, 2010, 04:49:24 pm »
There's a tramp in that one! ;)

To misquote Samual Johnson, "When a man is tired of life, he makes a wisecrack about a flame haired amazon"

Yebbut, he thought London was a good place to be. ;D

Tho he was born in Lichfield, so you can kinda see his point ;)
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PH

Re: Bus shelters!
« Reply #24 on: 16 June, 2010, 07:12:48 pm »
The one in Dent takes some beating if you want to get out of the weather, though a bit like a glasshouse when it's warm.