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June 10, 2005

Bus info!

To quote the City of York Council web site:

"Buses to Bishopthorpe

All bus services will follow normal routes. Special arrangements have been made to allow these buses to use routes closed to other vehicles. There will be slight delays in the afternoon between 4.00pm and 7.00pm so if you need to get to your destination by a certain time please catch an earlier bus than normal."

To quote the Your City newsletter shoved through the door:

Firsts 11 service will not call at South bank but will run dircetly to and from Bishopthorpe via Bishopthorpe Road."

Er?

Between 09.30 and 13.30 Coastliner buses running towards Tadcaster will be unable to access Tadcaster Road, but will instead run via Bishopthorpe Road, Bishopthorpe Village and Sim Balk Lane. Customers for York College and Tesco will be able to board and alight on request at the end of Sim Balk Lane.

Unforunely, regulations do not permit the buses to stop if hailed in Bishopthorpe

Posted by bishopthorpe at 09:10 AM

Facts, rumours, (and suburban myths?)

If you listen there are all sorts of stories going round, although the Council has a information web site on the whole affair here.

Here are some of them:

The Queen is to drive in her carriage over the Millennium Bridge.

All of the manhole covers in our area are inspected and sealed up.

There are watchers on all the tall buildings in the area.

The village is/will be full of extra police and security, holed up in the Church Hall.

There are many unsold tickets for the race days.

Despite expectations, only 3 private houses in York have been rented out to racegoers.

There will be 200 helicopter flights per day (mostly over Bishopthorpe.)

Most villagers are taking the opportunity to be elsewhere during the week.

The village economy will be enhanced by the extra turnout at the races.

'Southerners' won't travel north, so the extra punters will be (God help us!) Lancastrians and Geordies.

If most of this is true, living in Bishopthorpe next week could resemble southern Iraq - Basrathorpe even.

Posted by Len Holdall at 08:55 AM