A Simple Transport Planner
I need to get some household goods and the place I would drive to would be a B & Q. But I can’t drive and although I have a nice, friendly DIY store round the corner, it doesn’t have what I need.
My nearest B & Q is some way away at Lea Bridge Road, but I want to explore London and what better place to go than Peckham. I chose this location as it is about the fourth nearest and I thought one of the buses that stops very near me goes right past.
Normally, I check the best bus route on Transport for London’s Journey Planner, but it is a bit overblown and tedious to say the least. However on the B & Q site I was pointed to a web site called the Transport Direct Door-to-Door Planner. I just entered two post-codes and it gave me a direct route, using the bus I wanted.
This site though is seriously good. I have a friend in Edinburgh, so I typed in both our post codes and to see what the site recommended. It was totally feasible and even gave me details on how I could find the bus at Edinburgh, which is quite difficult, if you are not a resident of the city.
I also saw what it said about going to Coventry to see Ipswich on New Year’s Day. It made one mistake in that it missed the special bus from Coventry Bus Station to the Ricoh Arena. I’ll forgive it that though, as with a lot of these journeys all you want is a general route, which you can modify to suit what you are doing. For instance, today, on the way back from B & Q, I’ll break the journey at Old Street, so that I can go to Waitrose in the Barbican.
Who needs a car?
The Anonymous Widower 
Are you taking the 21 bus? If so, it will take you right there and in the same complex you’ll find Comet and, across the road, PC World. It shouldn’t take more than 20-30 mins on the bus. Let us know how you get on..,you won’t see real Peckham as it’s technically the Old Kent Rd but it will add to your south London repertoire.
Comment by Emma | December 29, 2010 |
Yes. It stops just about 80 metres from my house. Along with the 76 and 141 I use it all the time to get to Waitrose in the Barbican and to Bnk for the Central Line. How are you these days?
Comment by AnonW | December 29, 2010 |