Cardiff’s Bus Information
My hotel needed a bus to get to the City Centre, and as I like to use buses if I can, I took a few pictures of the information.
If it wasn’t for a stop outside of the hotel, which showed all buses went to the City Centre, I doubt, I’d have actually managed the buses though. As an example, if you turn up at Cardiff station, there is a long list of buses, which is useless in finding the stop for a particular number bus.
As in many places in the UK, Cardiff buses are impossible to use for visitors.
Around Cardiff City Centre
I took these pictures as I walked around Cardiff City Centre.
I didn’t see too many clocks and statues weren’t that numerous, but I did like the fact that a large area is pedestrianised.
Match Thirteen – Cardiff 3 – Ipswich 1
This was very much the case of the unlucky thirteen.
Cardiff 3 – Ipswich 1
We played well to get a first goal and then probably threw it away.
Mick McCarthy wasn’t pleased.
Watch Your Step In Cardiff
The route from my hotel to the City Centre of Cardiff was like this for a lot of the way.
Watch Your Step In Cardiff
The lights that controlled the crossings weren’t good either.
My Hotel In Cardiff
I’m not going to name it, as I’d probably think about using it again, despite its problems.
It was a bit out of the City Centre and I was able to walk there easily.
But it was a bit down-market for my tastes and I can’t remember the last hotel, I stayed in with only a wash-basin in the room.
It was comfortable and clean, but in some respects, I think the hotel had another purpose, as the television was showing a gay dating site, when I switched it on.
I can understand why I prefer ladies, as middle-aged men can be so ugly, especially if they’re carrying a few extra pounds. Switching away was the problem, as the remote control needed new batteries and was rather unresponsive.
But then what can you expect for £31.50 in cash?
A Big Lith In Cardiff
I was greeted by this large lith at Cardiff Station.
A Big Lith In Cardiff
Every main station and bus station should have one.
To Cardiff In A Factory Fresh Thirty Year Old Train
All of the InterCity 125 trains, that fly to the West, are over thirty years now. But on my trip to Cardiff in First Class for the princely sum of £24.25, I got one fresh out of the factory, with technology and style, that wouldn’t be out of place in a five-star hotel.
The wi-fi system was supposed not to be in operation, but I’m pretty certain I freely linked to it all the way to Wales, except for the Severn Tunnel.
As an experiment, I’ve just tried to book a train to Cardiff and back on the 29th. Return with my Senior Railcard, leaving afer 09:00 and returning after 18:00 would cost me £63. Incidentally, t would be around £90 without the Railcard.
The driving distance is 151 miles both ways, so surely you’ll be slower by road.
And you won’t get free glasses of wine to help the journey go by!
And Now Cardiff Will Get The Grand Entrance It Deserves
When you thunder down to Cardiff from London Paddington on the Great Western Mail Line, you arrive in the Welsh capital at a rather nondescript and unprepossessing Cardiff Central station.
But now it has been announced that Cardiff Central is going to be transformed into the entrance that Cardiff deserves. It’s all described here in Wales Online.
Why Was This Idiot Allowed To Drive?
When I had my stroke, I was not allowed to drive until I’d proved I was safe. As my eyesight never returned to 20/20, I decided that it was probably best to give up trying to drive again. I suspect now, that I might be able to drive without any problems, but I couldn’t live with perhaps knocking someone over, even if it was impossible for it to have been my fault.
On the other hand, the idiot driver of the van shown in this report from the BBC, was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, who went on to kill a young mother and injure thirteen others. In other words he was a worse killer than the two who are accused of murdering Lee Rigby.
What doctor allowed him to drive after the diagnosis? He should be struck off at the least.
Cardiff looks At A Tram Network
Cardiff appears to have various transport problems and a fair bit of congestion, so it is refreshing to see a well-thought out plan being proposed using trams to solve it. It all described here on the BBC’s web site as Cardiff Crossrail.
It may not be ideal and it may just stay in the planning stage, but at a proposed cost of £200 million it would appear to be affordable.
it also seems to make good use of existing infrastructure, which is obviously the way to go. The new London Overground showed that you get value-for-money by this approach and what money you do spend, can be concentrated on what the customers see, like the trains and the stations.
I shall be interested to see how the planning of this project progresses.
The Anonymous Widower 