Back to Hay by Bus

 Back from my holidays - I had a lovely time, but the travelling was exhausting, so I pretty much got home and went straight to bed!  Luckily, everything connected, and I didn't have to wait too long for each connection - apart from a delay at Larnaca Airport which might have been due to bad weather over Manchester delaying the outbound plane that we were waiting for, or might have been a Cost of Living strike by staff at the airport!

On my way to Manchester at the beginning of my holiday, I had the opportunity to see the new Sergeants buses in action.

I had been led to believe by the timetable they sent me that there would be two buses going to Hereford early in the morning - the X15 for college and the X44. When they actually turned up, though, only the X15 was going to Hereford, and the X44 was going to Brecon.  There was a man with a clipboard there to make sure that everyone got on the right bus.  The X15 crossed the river and went into Hereford that way, dropped the students off at the college, and then went down to the train station, so I don't know what any students in the Golden Valley were supposed to do.

On the way home, I caught the first bus from Hereford after travelling through the night, which was at 9.22am.  They are still sending two staff - the driver and a man who I assume is checking the route and the timings as well as giving advice to passengers.  That went by the Golden Valley route, and had a very cheerful driver!

I did remember to check the bus stops when I got off at Hay, and the Brecon side has a new timetable, but there is nothing on the Hereford side of the road yet.