{"id":3197,"date":"2023-09-25T02:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T02:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/buses-on-the-bigger-one\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T02:30:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T02:30:45","slug":"buses-on-the-bigger-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/buses-on-the-bigger-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Buses On The Bigger One"},"content":{"rendered":"

No 3 Son On Holiday<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Balearic archipelago lies between Spain and North Africa. Of the four main islands the largest is what we used to call Majorca (Major – the bigger one) which sits alongside Menorca (Mini – the smaller one). There is also Ibiza and Formentara.<\/div>\n
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The Catalan speakers have engineered their spelling to be standard so now we have to spell ti Mall<\/span>orca although the pronunciation hasn’t changed!<\/div>\n
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If the Big One were a square, it would have sides of roughy 35 miles long.<\/div>\n
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There are lots of hilly and rocky bits …\n
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… a good number of historic bits …<\/p>\n

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… and some apealling quaint bits.<\/p>\n

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But the overriding impression is of a coastline packed with big brassy beach resorts!<\/p>\n

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No 3 son has been at Palma Nova (above), one of a string of holiday destinations familiar to some of fbb’s readers; but which would be avoided at all costs by your blogging septuagenarian!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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But, if you want to savour the delights of Palma Nova, here is 3 minutes of video without commentary! Watch closely for bus content!\n
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There was one (red and yellow livery) driving through trees on the esplanade road …<\/p>\n

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… one as we were taken through the early evening market stall excitement …<\/p>\n

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… and right at the end we were actually ON a bus!<\/p>\n

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So the video was worth watching!<\/p>\n

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Palma Nova is one of a strunyg of resorts along the coast road west from Palma itself, the capital of the Island.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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Buses in Palma are in the hands of EMT, a sort of Palma City Transport with a livery of white green and blue …\n
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… apparently superseded by shiny silver and a darker blue.<\/p>\n

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EMT’s web site gets a Catalan raspberry from fbb for being full of clutter. But fbb persevered.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There are night services …\n
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… two airport services …<\/p>\n

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… and CC – an historic route though the city centre.\n
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A timetable? Fat chance. After a battle, fbb found a downloadable “timetable” for the CC …<\/p>\n

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… which only offered departure times from Balnguera. For a normal route you get a list of departures from the city centre and a similar list from the outer terminus.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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In between you have to guess.\n
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There are some excellent frequencies, so perhaps it doesn’t matter so muh! A total of 47 “normal” routes<\/span> is operated.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Each route comes with its own map shown as a somewhat irritating moving dotted line as for the CC above.<\/div>\n
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The other big bonus is that all buses are FREE for residents.\n
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For tourists, a single ride costs two euros with various multiple ride fares available.<\/p><\/div>\n

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If fbb has read his Catalan correctly, the CC (C above) is free to all.\n

But services outside of the city are in the hands of “tib”.<\/p>\n

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The distinctive red and yellow buses cover the rest of the Island, augmented by train an metro.<\/p>\n

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It was as in February 2014 when fbb was last in Mallorca (virtually) with No 3 son (actually). fbb focussed on the heritage railway between Palma and Soiler where connections are on hand for the heritage tram to Soller Port. The tram is worth another look!\n
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Just A Little UK Tease<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Spotted by Northampton Alan at Bletchley Station.\n
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It was the 0813 to EGRNSID<\/span>, calling at EGRNSID<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Any explanations? Perhaps Alan knows?\n
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\u00a0Next Palma Nova blog : Tuesday 26th September\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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