Sunday, 22 June 2008

A small step on to the pavement + a wheelchair = a broken bus

Great news dear reader I got into tripple kirks at 8.45 pm looking forward to a scream burger and beer for a fiver. I was pleased that i had timed it just right because the last time i went to a scream pub they stopped at 9pm but alas they stopped serving food at 8 so I had to wait till the end of the night to get the stapple after pub meal of cheese and chips which was as good as ever!

I have returned from aberdeen- refreshed but wet and tired as well. When I left my hotel it decided to lash it down. As I had some time to kill after a fantasic breakfeast at the local weatherspoons I thought I would go browsing to dry off a bit also. However the one flaw in my plan was that it decided stop raining when i was inside and drying off and lash it down when I was outside. so I arrived back in edinburgh a drowned rat but happy.

Many of you will be wondering why i have called the title of the post what i have well have patience and all will come clear.

I am relitavley new to using buses because they are now all low level where as not before. I was going to meet some friends and thought i would take the bus. I had never been on a bus on my own before. I got the drivers attention and also seem to be going well. the bus lowered I then requested the ramp. As the driver pushed me on i heard the ramp grown -I thought although I had a good lunch I dont way anywhere near the 300kg limit on the ramp. I thought nothing further of it until a fellow bus driver got on the bus and started talking to the driver. I heard them say the ramp has not gone back right they decided to solve the problem by jumping on the ramp and kick it into place. this failed and they decided to get a new bus,

all becaause of a young man in his wheelchair...............

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