Sometimes you just have to cough loud

I had to cough loud to remind the driver that there was another passenger wanting to alight the bus today.

However the main problem I had was the driver moving the bus off before I had got to my seat thus I had to try and wave my way to a seat with my shopping bags in one hand and stick in the other.

Am I invisible

Today I got on the bus and sat four rows back from the front on the right hand side

It was a new electric bus and I didn't notice until I was near my stop to get off that there was not a bus bell within arms length of my seat fortunately someone else wanted to get off and they had access to a bell

As the bus had to navigate 2 sharp bends before the stop I made sure I stayed safe in my seat while two women staggered to the front of the bus

I figured with two people getting off I would have plenty of time to rise and walk to the front  however I was wrong

I was within three feet of the door when the driver closed it obviously I yelled out indicating that he had another passenger who wanted to get off  and he reopened them

But if he had take 2 seconds to check that no body else was moving down the isle to disembark he would have seen me and I would not have had to yell

He didn't even offer an apology 

Welcome

Welcome to my blog, over the years I have traveled the length and breadth of this country by bus.

As a young girl I suffered from travel sickness and hated bus journeys.

As a young women I would cycle rather than spend my few earnings on bus fares.

When I had a young family I dreaded having to lug a pram, baby and shopping on to a bus (no low level pram friendly bus’s then)

Now aged 45 with dodgy knees and a need to travel each day to and fro via bus I have come to realise a few things about our lovely bus services.

In this blog I will document some of my more unusual journeys but most of all the disadvantages of traveling via bus when you are mobility impaired