Reading Time: 4 minutesFor one last time this festive season, as some of you are awaiting the snow to fall and others praying that it doesn’t, we look at the seasonal changes for bus services for Friday 2nd January 2026. From tomorrow normal…
Category: Seasonal Services
Christmas Schedules: Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th December
Reading Time: 3 minutesYes, the picture is AI generated. I know. It is using the Seedream 4.5 generation model if you are interested. In the time of the Christmas lull between Boxing Day and New Years Eve some of us have to fight…
Boxing Day Buses
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow is the food coma? Are you stilling yesterday’s centrepiece into tonight’s curry? We had a lovely and largely quiet day, or rather a quiet afternoon after a pair of hyper-excited children spent the morning among tonnes of discarded wrapping…
Christmas Schedules: Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd December
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you are out and about chasing the best Christmas Turkey of the year – there are reduced bus services across most of the region in the run up to Christmas. Remember, remember though, it is still a weekday in…
Stagecoach South Christmas Schedules
Reading Time: 6 minutes<insert a witty ditty here><bah humbug> Stagecoach South have released their Christmas timetables and there are no great shakes (as a wise man to me oft says) although I sometimes wonder whether the sheer size of the operation now should…
First Solent Christmas schedules
Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter a few days break we are back to the Christmas schedules and thanks to the heads up from Tony, and the prompt email from First Bus, the seasonal schedule changes are upon us. It is not a change that…
First Wessex Christmas schedules
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst Wessex have announced their Christmas schedules for 2025 and with thanks to Tony for the heads up that they have appeared. I am going to go out on a limb and say that it is pretty much the standard…
Southern Vectis Christmas schedules
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlong chalk-white roads where sea winds roam,The green bus links each village home,From Brighstone trees to Cowes quay lights,Old friends swap news on winter nights. Through Ryde and Shanklin, rain or snow,Familiar drivers wave hello,Each stop a knot in ties…
morebus Christmas Schedules
Reading Time: 3 minutesThrough misty downs the morebus glides,By coastal towns where joy resides,Its windows glow through winter’s haze,While laughter warms December’s days. From Poole to Ringwood, Bournemouth Bay,It weaves through lights that softly play,Each traveller bound by season’s cheer,As Dorset dreams when…
Bluestar Christmas Schedules
Reading Time: 4 minutesThrough frosty lanes the Bluestars roam,Past candle-lit streets and fireside homes,Their headlights gleam through winter’s veil,Soft carols drift along their trail. From Winchester’s spire to Solent’s shore,They carry cheer from door to door,Each journey hums with yuletide grace,As Hampshire dreams…