Kevin Fitzpatrick
@probablyonabus.bsky.social
Public transport nerd. Scout. Goth.
Brummie in Banbury.
Brummie in Banbury.
As a Brummie in feel conflicted. I'm proud that our city is the home of metal and that Ozzy felt proud of his roots here. But feel a little bit that the TV show may have contributed to the stereotype that Brummies are thick
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As a Brummie in feel conflicted. I'm proud that our city is the home of metal and that Ozzy felt proud of his roots here. But feel a little bit that the TV show may have contributed to the stereotype that Brummies are thick
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
A - how have I never heard of this before, definitely on my hitlist for this summer
B - sheer coincidence reading his post while I'm on a bus he was driving. Surprised I've managed 6 years of Oxfordshire bus commuting before I caught a bus driven by @rupertairbear.bsky.social
B - sheer coincidence reading his post while I'm on a bus he was driving. Surprised I've managed 6 years of Oxfordshire bus commuting before I caught a bus driven by @rupertairbear.bsky.social
I took a trip on Troopers Lodge Motor Services heritage bus to Bourton-on-the-Water.
It runs from Moreton-in-Marsh to Minster Lovell, and as well as Bourton it also stops at Stow-on-the-Wold, Northleach, Burford and The Farmer's Dog pub.
It runs from Moreton-in-Marsh to Minster Lovell, and as well as Bourton it also stops at Stow-on-the-Wold, Northleach, Burford and The Farmer's Dog pub.
June 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A - how have I never heard of this before, definitely on my hitlist for this summer
B - sheer coincidence reading his post while I'm on a bus he was driving. Surprised I've managed 6 years of Oxfordshire bus commuting before I caught a bus driven by @rupertairbear.bsky.social
B - sheer coincidence reading his post while I'm on a bus he was driving. Surprised I've managed 6 years of Oxfordshire bus commuting before I caught a bus driven by @rupertairbear.bsky.social
Staying in Oxfordshire today, coming to Faringdon to ride the delightfully bonkers summer Saturday only Faringdon Tourist Bus service, providing a public transport connection to some lovely little villages usually inaccessible.
May 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Staying in Oxfordshire today, coming to Faringdon to ride the delightfully bonkers summer Saturday only Faringdon Tourist Bus service, providing a public transport connection to some lovely little villages usually inaccessible.
Direct quote from @lewisgoodall.com on yesterday's News Agents re Starmer talking about Farage...
"What you are doing though, in saying that these guys are the insurgent force basically, you are lending them a legitimacy & credibility that they don't necessarily have"...
"What you are doing though, in saying that these guys are the insurgent force basically, you are lending them a legitimacy & credibility that they don't necessarily have"...
May 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Direct quote from @lewisgoodall.com on yesterday's News Agents re Starmer talking about Farage...
"What you are doing though, in saying that these guys are the insurgent force basically, you are lending them a legitimacy & credibility that they don't necessarily have"...
"What you are doing though, in saying that these guys are the insurgent force basically, you are lending them a legitimacy & credibility that they don't necessarily have"...
Hilarious train rules that make no sense...
Signaller tells driver to go back into the platform at New Street after a heavy delay, but we aren't allowed off to make alternative arrangements, so I'm stuck on a train to Coventry with a vague hope they'll hold a connection
Signaller tells driver to go back into the platform at New Street after a heavy delay, but we aren't allowed off to make alternative arrangements, so I'm stuck on a train to Coventry with a vague hope they'll hold a connection
May 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hilarious train rules that make no sense...
Signaller tells driver to go back into the platform at New Street after a heavy delay, but we aren't allowed off to make alternative arrangements, so I'm stuck on a train to Coventry with a vague hope they'll hold a connection
Signaller tells driver to go back into the platform at New Street after a heavy delay, but we aren't allowed off to make alternative arrangements, so I'm stuck on a train to Coventry with a vague hope they'll hold a connection
Singing in French is doing absolutely nothing towards true justice for Joost....
🇳🇱 Euro-pa-pa, euro-pa-pa 🇳🇱
🇳🇱 Euro-pa-pa, euro-pa-pa 🇳🇱
May 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Singing in French is doing absolutely nothing towards true justice for Joost....
🇳🇱 Euro-pa-pa, euro-pa-pa 🇳🇱
🇳🇱 Euro-pa-pa, euro-pa-pa 🇳🇱
It's taken 4 attempts, partly my own fault not including this branch previously, partly engineering works prohibiting it, but...
✅️ Treherbert branch
✅️ Valley Lines
✅️ Wales
Now then... it's not even midday and it's gorgeous out in the sun, where now?
✅️ Treherbert branch
✅️ Valley Lines
✅️ Wales
Now then... it's not even midday and it's gorgeous out in the sun, where now?
May 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It's taken 4 attempts, partly my own fault not including this branch previously, partly engineering works prohibiting it, but...
✅️ Treherbert branch
✅️ Valley Lines
✅️ Wales
Now then... it's not even midday and it's gorgeous out in the sun, where now?
✅️ Treherbert branch
✅️ Valley Lines
✅️ Wales
Now then... it's not even midday and it's gorgeous out in the sun, where now?
This is how you do socialising, right?
May 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This is how you do socialising, right?
Don't know why it's taken me >6 years of living in Oxfordshire to visit Culham with it's cute old station building on the abandoned London bound platform. Off for a walk back north to Cowley for the first leg of a bank holiday Brum v Oxford speedway double header
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Don't know why it's taken me >6 years of living in Oxfordshire to visit Culham with it's cute old station building on the abandoned London bound platform. Off for a walk back north to Cowley for the first leg of a bank holiday Brum v Oxford speedway double header
You can excuse the unfortunate signal fault royally fucking things up at the moment. But I think there's been a major communication problem here...
April 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
You can excuse the unfortunate signal fault royally fucking things up at the moment. But I think there's been a major communication problem here...
Coleford.
And, in things I didn't know existed, a railway museum. Sadly not open until 2.30
And, in things I didn't know existed, a railway museum. Sadly not open until 2.30
April 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Coleford.
And, in things I didn't know existed, a railway museum. Sadly not open until 2.30
And, in things I didn't know existed, a railway museum. Sadly not open until 2.30
On a bus day out across the Cotswolds. It's still weird seeing former Perry Barr buses out in this part of the world, still showing signs of it's NXWM past with grey 101 branding
March 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
On a bus day out across the Cotswolds. It's still weird seeing former Perry Barr buses out in this part of the world, still showing signs of it's NXWM past with grey 101 branding
Pewsey.
One of those bus routes and small village rail stations I've wanted to use for a while. Perfect excuse today passing through the area en route to Taunton
One of those bus routes and small village rail stations I've wanted to use for a while. Perfect excuse today passing through the area en route to Taunton
March 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Pewsey.
One of those bus routes and small village rail stations I've wanted to use for a while. Perfect excuse today passing through the area en route to Taunton
One of those bus routes and small village rail stations I've wanted to use for a while. Perfect excuse today passing through the area en route to Taunton
It's that time of year
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's that time of year
And home.
800 miles, and still like 5 short miles left to complete Wales (damnit...)
800 miles, and still like 5 short miles left to complete Wales (damnit...)
February 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
And home.
800 miles, and still like 5 short miles left to complete Wales (damnit...)
800 miles, and still like 5 short miles left to complete Wales (damnit...)
Off towards home, via Brum for a bit of post birthday family time
February 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Off towards home, via Brum for a bit of post birthday family time
It's my birthday and I can stupid if I want to...
It's a bus.
Not a train.
But it accepts train tickets.
Because that's what properly integrated public transport looks like.
It's a bus.
Not a train.
But it accepts train tickets.
Because that's what properly integrated public transport looks like.
February 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's my birthday and I can stupid if I want to...
It's a bus.
Not a train.
But it accepts train tickets.
Because that's what properly integrated public transport looks like.
It's a bus.
Not a train.
But it accepts train tickets.
Because that's what properly integrated public transport looks like.
First train to Tenby and a walk around the head at first light
February 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
First train to Tenby and a walk around the head at first light
On a positive note among the train chaos this morning...
Stayed at Gloucester's New Inn for the night, on a complete whim with a remarkably cheap rate, and it turned out to be a GORGEOUS grade 1 listed 15th century courtyard inn
Stayed at Gloucester's New Inn for the night, on a complete whim with a remarkably cheap rate, and it turned out to be a GORGEOUS grade 1 listed 15th century courtyard inn
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
On a positive note among the train chaos this morning...
Stayed at Gloucester's New Inn for the night, on a complete whim with a remarkably cheap rate, and it turned out to be a GORGEOUS grade 1 listed 15th century courtyard inn
Stayed at Gloucester's New Inn for the night, on a complete whim with a remarkably cheap rate, and it turned out to be a GORGEOUS grade 1 listed 15th century courtyard inn
Well. A problematic start to the holiday...
February 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Well. A problematic start to the holiday...
Sometimes, I miss Brum.
February 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sometimes, I miss Brum.
Is it too premature* to put all of the money on Finland for eurovision already?
* pun intended
* pun intended
February 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Is it too premature* to put all of the money on Finland for eurovision already?
* pun intended
* pun intended
East Putney.
What was originally just a stop off for a 2nd breakfast in passing through, just to see the weird 3rd platform for SWR trains. Until I saw on realtimetrains...
What was originally just a stop off for a 2nd breakfast in passing through, just to see the weird 3rd platform for SWR trains. Until I saw on realtimetrains...
February 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
East Putney.
What was originally just a stop off for a 2nd breakfast in passing through, just to see the weird 3rd platform for SWR trains. Until I saw on realtimetrains...
What was originally just a stop off for a 2nd breakfast in passing through, just to see the weird 3rd platform for SWR trains. Until I saw on realtimetrains...
Over 6 years of bus commuting in Oxfordshire, first time I've seen a ticket inspector.
Compare it to my old commute in Brum where I'd repeatedly had inspectors twice on the same journey
Compare it to my old commute in Brum where I'd repeatedly had inspectors twice on the same journey
February 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Over 6 years of bus commuting in Oxfordshire, first time I've seen a ticket inspector.
Compare it to my old commute in Brum where I'd repeatedly had inspectors twice on the same journey
Compare it to my old commute in Brum where I'd repeatedly had inspectors twice on the same journey
Have bus pass.
Will travel.
I'll work out where I'm going when I get there.
Will travel.
I'll work out where I'm going when I get there.
January 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Have bus pass.
Will travel.
I'll work out where I'm going when I get there.
Will travel.
I'll work out where I'm going when I get there.