Paladin Four And After

Well, at least it is “non-officiel” so we cannot blame the authorities for not taking the site down.

l’univers? A bit over the top, mayhap.

Somebody is passionate about buses.

But it does allow us to explore Paladin 4 from our incorrect network map. Our “jeune passione” has a bright and cheerful list of services.

By clicking on the route panel we get information and the (non?) official map, so we can now explore the route of the 4 from La Croix de Berny.

And, boy, does it need some exploration.

The map on the unofficial site does resolve one misunderstanding, however. An extract from the sector map shows the main road (as used by former 379) served in one direction only, namely towards Berny.

As is often the case, our jeune passione knows better and shows these one-way positioning journeys in a dark brown.

Tomorrow, we will take a virtual ride on he Paladin 4 and try to understand what has replaced it. 

Meanwhile the defunct site includes a picture of each route; here the 4.

fbb has reported before on the repeated arrival of “Big Ginge” to eat up Mr Tubbles” breakfast, dinner and interim snacks. If no snacks are available, having been hidden by Mr Tubbles’ staff, Big Ginge wanders round fbb mansion complaining bitterly.

Yesterday morning, after licking the near-empty plate clean, the intruder made his way into the front bedroom and settled down for a well-earned nap …

… which did not last.

After being photographed without his permission, Big Ginge ambled off in medium height dudgeon.

As he passed Mr Tubbles, sound asleep in the back bedroom, he glanced up at the official resident and seemed to be saying “I’ll be back“.

Mr Nissen’s Hut (Part 2)

On-line, fbb could find no photograph of a real hut that looked anything like the Hornby model. The nearest were some huts converted into residences installed in East London at the end of WW2.

The problem with the Nissen Hut name is that Nissen and a Canadian/American company held the copyright of the design. But, as a contribution to the war effort, the copyright was suspended (for thr duration). So all sorts of Nissen near lookalikes appeared and were adapted post war for various purposes.

If you wanted a model of a real Nissen hut to the official Nissen design, you could buy a kit by Ratio (a Peco company) and you would be spot on.

And you get TWO for your money!

Metcalfe offer a cardboard kit, but, like fbb’s Hornby cast resin jobbie, NOT a true Nissen.

fbb’s may, one day, be looking something like this …

… but without the interior detail as you won’t be able to see it.

Roger French blogged yesterday about another so-called “uber-style” minibus service, this time in Worcestershire.

Roger’s blog is well worth reading as it exposes the lunacy of these schemes. As Roger writes …

How successful is this scheme after four weeks of operation …

So for four weeks Andy and his bus has cost you and me (taxpayers who are footing the bill) a huge wedge for doing nothing.

No surprise that these potty schemes all fail.

DaFT must be really really daft to keep on wasting our money. Somebody should tell Mr Sunak!

Roger’s “envoi” is apposite.

Q E D!

The Honolulu Metro is NOT a monorail, although at least ine web site said it was – and fbb stupidly just copied it down. The author of said site mixed up “elevated” with “monorail”.

There – conventional two rail with a third rail providing the electric.

 Next non-Paladin blog : Tuesday 11th July