Musings from the Merse
Thursday, April 30, 2009
No 34 Bus
You have a choice of Bus to Berwick from Duns. No 60 direct via Chirnside
No 34 Indirect; via Eastern Berwickshire. They leave at the same time from the same stop and they are both marked Berwick
It Says Berwick on the Front
said the driver.
To my timid inquiry
Via Preston. Two got off.
Two got on;
Auchencraw. No time for a pint
Two got off.
Fat lady running' driver never saw her
Reston Post Office, no time for a stamp
Another fat lady. Driver ignored her
Ayton. No time for nothing
So missed nothing.
Two got on
.
Eyemouth. No time for a fish supper.
Four got on
Roaring along A1
Speed Cameras flashing.
Sir Morrisons? asked a passenger
'Sorry can't stop'
said the Driver.
'Try Aldi'
(But didn't stop either)
Golden Square.
(65 minutes from Duns)
'That was a roundabout route'
I suggested.
'Yes. No 60 directer'
'Why didn't you tell me?'
' Why didn't you ask me?
You wanted Berwick.
You got Berwick
'That's something;
in this day and age'
(The wife drove me back)
The image is of a Borders Bus-to Galashiels-the westward terminus of both the 34 and the 60
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