{"id":8282,"date":"2024-09-08T01:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/sunday-variety-47\/"},"modified":"2024-09-08T01:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:29:05","slug":"sunday-variety-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/sunday-variety-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0PLEASE NOTE<\/p>\n

Today, the fbbs are travlling from Seaton to Llandudno for a short break c\/o Daish’s Holidays. The company informed them that Wifi was only available in communal rooms in the hotel. In case this presents a problem, fbb has prepared and posted min-blogs to appear from Monday 9th Sept to Friday 13th Sept inclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, North Waiian matter may be added if practicable.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the same reason (apparently, according tp Mrs fbb, there was packing to be done) this blog is also slightly curtailed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thinking Of Taking A Test?<\/span>
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What does the above road sign mean and is it one that is legally binding. fbb is quite happy with the meaning, but sometimes it all depends on the location.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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When fbb was just a spooty teen, the Warboys Committee published its report in preparation for the change from UK’s anomalous road signs …<\/span><\/div>\n

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… to those similar to European practice.<\/span><\/div>\n

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fbb rushed (c\/o a United Counties 402 bus) into Northampton’s Central Library to read a copy of the report,\u00a0 available in the reference section on the first floor.<\/span><\/div>\n\n

It all seemed terribly obvious and straightforward with a few weird exceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the blue round sign above means that the designated section of road is legally for buses only and, in this particular cases, other vehicles. It is a bus only road, not just a bus lane<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is what DaFT says the sign means.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apparently he good folk of Bristol cannot “get” this.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Maybe the guy with the sign on a pole is right. Maybe a “No entry” sign with an extra panel saying “Except buses and taxis” would be clearer.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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A man campaigning against a bus gate scheme, which has issued 50,000 fines since it began operating, has successfully appealed three fines.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n

Latest figures from the bus gate on Cumberland Road, show it has raised \u00a31.6m for Bristol City Council<\/span> – which has defended the scheme, despite fierce criticism.<\/span><\/p>\n

The council has insisted the scheme is compliant and explained it is there to reduce air pollution and increase bus travel options, not to generate income.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Sanders, who has spent hours investigating the bus gate, said he expects more appeals to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I pointed out in May, dozens of problems with all the signage,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The council’s transport designers told the executive officers and the councillors that it was all fine.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Now these three adjudicators have said the signage isn’t correct and so the people who claimed it was correct are now discredited.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Sanders said his winning cases can now be used as a template to help others who also wish to appeal against their fines.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I can just use exactly the same evidence for the cases that have won,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The council has made their bus gate unenforcable, because now anybody can appeal on this basis and they’re bound to win,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

A council spokesperson said the signage installed surrounding the Cumberland Road bus gate is “compliant”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe bus gate has not been put in place to generate income<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, tight! So you’ll be giving the 1.6 million to charity, then?<\/p>\n

“it is there to help reduce air pollution and increase the number of bus travel options for residents,” they said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We understand drivers’ frustration when, without their realisation, they have accumulated multiple fines before they have received the first letter, and while each appeal is considered on a case by case basis we will continue to be sympathetic to people in this situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDespite winning 31 appeals and an adjudicator confirming that our signage is adequate<\/span>, we continue to listen to drivers’ feedback and make changes to the bus gate signage.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, right! Of course you do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cumberland Road runs alongside the river and has been a quiet road and a useful short cut to parts of the city centre. But drivers are now warned that it is effectively a no through road.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are the blue signs as above …<\/span><\/p>\n

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… which include the words “BUS GATE” which it is and Bus lane (black on white sign) which it isn’t.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Now a red colour has been added to the road surface on the approaches to the “gate” which might suggest that the (red?) bus lane ends at the blue signs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The only frequent bus long there is the Metro Bus M2, the Long Ashton Park and Ride service<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seems a lot of clout to protect just a few buses and it could not possibly be a money making scheme, could it?
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Better In Bridlington<\/span><\/div>\n
East Yorkshire has had a re-vamp of their Bridlington Town services. The new publicity material by “you know who” …\n
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… looks excellent with imetables and maps all included.<\/span><\/div>\n
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fbb has downloaded the former leaflet, map and timetables and hopes to have a detailed look when returning from holiday.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The suspicion is that it might be a clever way of reducing<\/span> services.<\/span><\/div>\n

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A Fat Rascal?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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No, not an epithet used about your noble and aged blogger, but a type of cake made famous by Betty’s of Harrogate, the posh caff which everyone wants to try.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The local fruit and veg shop in Seaton …\n
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… as well as a tempting range of fruit and veg …<\/p>\n

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… does dairy and selected bakery items. A chum treated the fbbs to a share of a “Fat Rascal” cake.<\/p>\n

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it’s a bit like a rock cake and very filling. Apparently it doesn’t need WD40 to help it go down.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n


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TT120 A-Plemty<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Many railway modelling practicioners were astounded and slightly discombobulated when Hornby announced a brand new scale of TT120.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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But there are signs that the range is expanding with more and more wagons, coaches and locos from Hornby including some Duchesse class steamers with sound fitted<\/span>.\n
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Nice if you have got the money.\u00a0<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n


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For the confused; TT lies part way between OO and N in size and matches the scale and track of the European TT manufacturers.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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How about over \u00a3400 for a very tiny model?\n
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Ex<\/span>quisite and Ex<\/span>pensive.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n


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But, for starters, a few diecast models might arouse some interest before huge monetary contributions are committed.\n
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The smaller vehicles are \u00a36.95 with the bus and larger items are \u00a39.95.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n


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It is a lot of money but you can get a lot of railway in a smaller space and it is all a bit less fiddly than N gauge.<\/span><\/div>\n

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fbb will stick with second hand OO purchases and bodging and fudging.\n
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It’s a lot less financially fraught.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n


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\u00a0Next 321 blog : Monday 9th September\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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