Advantages: Lots to do and learn from the bus
Disadvantages: Voices are annoying

...of the bus. Like the other side has the passengers sitting in the window. Below that is the full alphabet in lower case letters. These letters are in yellow. Just below the letters is the numbers 1-10. They are done alternatively in orange and green and often remind me off tic tacs. Just to the left of the letters and numbers are 4 rectangle buttons. There are 4 games which a child can play. Sounds of letters is one game where the child presses a letter and the sound not the name is said. Shapes Numbers and Sounds is a bit more advanced. This requires the child to recognise the sound and match it to the letter, or to recognise which shape is which or recognise the sounds. Sounds and Letters and sounds is a good game. This is where when a letter is pressed the sound and the letter name is given. This is a great way... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap Easy to use and friendly
Disadvantages: Not very comfy bus

...it is worth checking the website when planning your trip. Compared to the other bus companies Kiwi experience and Stray Bus, they were defiantly the cheapest, I was also drawn to them as I had heard good things from other travellers. Who uses Magic? Kiwi Experience I had heard was more a party bus geared towards 18 year olds who only want to drink and play games, Stray Bus it seems goes off the beaten track to the more obscure places which is great if you have plenty of time but I only had 6 weeks. The Magic Bus was a pleasant mixture of ages with no pressure to stick with the group, you can really just the Magic Bus to get from A to B or you can really involve yourself it is up to you. How it works: When you purchase your pass you are given a pin number to use, it is very simple to use, you can either manage your trip online... Read review

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Advantages: fun,strong,safe
Disadvantages: it needs batteries

...to the tunes. He is also able to press the red key when I ask him to! His favourite game is to sit astride the bus and scoot along on it; so far this toy has stood up to the challenge! As he gets older I guess he will play with this toy on more sophisticated levels-we shall see. The recommended age range for this toy is 12-36 months. I would say 12 months is too young, and would suggest 18 months and up more like it. The bus is great for learning letters, numbers and colours. But most importantly it is fun! For those of you unable or unwilling to get up at the crack of dawn on a Sunday morning, then this toy can be purchased new from Argos for £14.50.It is also available from numerous other toy retailers. I should add that the toy appears very safe with no sharp edges. Would I purchase this toy at full price... Read review

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Advantages: Very much convenient, expert and friendly staff help you to get the most
Disadvantages: Ticket price is little bit higher than other

...I went to London for the first time in my life this summer, 9th June,2007 with my husband and have seen London with the bus from sight seeing bus company name Big Bus. They offer a hop-on hop-off tour which means you can hop-on or hop-off the bus when ad where you want within the valid period of your ticket. The Big Bus tour offers a 24-hrs Hop-on Hop-off sightseeing tour where you can get on the Big Bus at any of their scheduled stop and get off the bus at your desired attraction stop, at any time with a valid ticket. The Big Bus Company--------------- This company is the winner of sightseeing tour of the year 2004. The company established in 1991 with only two buses. The company was the first to offer a river-cruise, and remains the ONLY open-top sightseeing company to include three walking tour. In 1997 the company introduced... Read review

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Advantages: it gets you from A to B
Disadvantages: Everything else

...At what point does a reputable bus company become a total pain in “le derriere”? Well to me, and Mainline, as soon as you get on the bus or look at the confusing bus timetable or wait for a bus…. So basically whenever you do anything near a mainline bus. I get on a bus, mainly Mainline, everyday day twice a day. The reason why I mainly get on the Mainline bus is because it is the only one I can get on to travel the five miles to school every morning and then the five miles back again. The particular number bus I get on is the X78 to and from Sheffield to Doncaster Via Rotherham and Conisbrough and Meadowhall. I get on this bus at Conisbrough every morning (unless I miss it) at 7:42. Or at least I used to get on at that time. The bus company decided to change the time of the bus, without deciding to tell anyone – apart from the drivers... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap and reasonably convenient
Disadvantages: Can be dirty and uninviting

...Lost Angel gave a good account of getting around London by bus but what about the man/women sitting in the front seat? I have sat in that seat for a good many years and in different parts of the country. In the 1960s it used to be fun. Lots of good mates and lots of cheerful passengers. Ever been on a 05.00 bus travelling towards the City area of London. It used to be packed with char ladies who were the chirpiest lot of people you would ever come across. Heaven help the newly passed out conductor on this run. They would leave him stripped naked and then get off laughing their heads off. many a driver used to wedge the cab door shut to keep them from dragging him out of the cab. The Instructors at London Transport were the best in the world and to have earned your badge with them was something to be proud of. They were... Read review

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Advantages: Busses used to be green; frequent services to north Chelmsford suburbs
Disadvantages: Drivers smile only irregularly; journeying at peak school commuting time is dangerous

...The Eastern National bus company cannot help but slowly insinuate itself into the lives of just about every central Essex resident. I had to endure almost 5 years of daily travel on a large sweaty green double-decker bus in order to make my way from rural Billericay to the great swarming metropolis that was Chelmsford. In the earlier years it seemed fun; members of the general public who braved that notorious 3.55pm bay 9 “Billericay” bus took their life in their own hands. The entire journey had a sort of apocalyptic air – as if we might just meet the seven horsemen as we trundled along Galleywood common; or perhaps the driver would decide, amongst the meadows north of Stock, that it was time to drive at extreme speed, in such a way as to ensure that the bus leaned dangerously to one side. Tickets were cheap; indeed, most of us were... Read review

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Advantages: Looks marvellous, you can smash up pretty much everything
Disadvantages: Useless controls, repetitiveness, hackneyed voice acting, over priced....

...Here's what happened. On Saturday 28th July at about 4.30pm, I bought Transformers: The Game from my local Game store. At 12.30 on Sunday the 29th July, I was in that same Game store, exchanging it for something else. Obviously, this isn't really an extensive time period in which to judge a game. So rather than a standard review, here's the diary. 4.30pm: Bought the game! Woohoo! Ok, it cost £49.99 but I remember the last Transformers game and that was brilliant. And you can pick up cars and throw them and you can be Megatron, and and and I love Transformers because I grew up with them and this will in no way damage my childhood! 4.40pm: Decide I need munchies to go with my game. I go in Marks and Spencers and buy some flame toasted chilli tortillas, and some coconut bites. 4.50pm: I catch the number 62 bus home... Read review

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Advantages: great fun
Disadvantages: avoid 3pm to 5pm

...the island doesn't have…well to be honest it did have one line (about 14 miles long) from Bridgetown to the Atlantic coast at Bathsheba, opened in the 1880's, but closed in the 1930's.So the principal options were car hire, taxi, or bus. We decided against hiring a car on this occasion. Taxi's were amongst our reps transport 'OK's' but with the proviso that the price must be determined with the driver before the journey commenced. Taxis in Barbados frankly were not cheap despite government determined fare schedules. Taxis did not have meters fitted, and it was normal for drivers to charge premiums over and above the fare schedule rates. Bridgetown by taxi worked out to at least £10(B$40) each way. Maybe we're not very good at bargaining! Finally the bus option. At the outset it should be said that all buses (of whatever colour... Read review

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Advantages: Very enjoyable and easy read
Disadvantages: It finished!

...I came across The Lilac Bus quite by accident in a charity shop. I had read books by Maeve Binchy before and remembered quite enjoying them (although I hadn't read anything of hers recently) and this book was in good condition and the name of it intrigued me. I read the spiel on the back and thought I wasn't going to be disappointed paying out £0.30 in a charity shop for a book by an author that I already knew and respected. PLOT/CHARACTERS Tom FitzGerald takes a group of people to Dublin for work at the start of each week from Rathdoon and brings them back every Friday. There's Nancy Morris, known as Miss Mouse, who works in a hospital as a secretary and is known for her mean ways by all of the residents of Rathdoon as well as her flatmate and colleagues at work. Then you have young Dee Burke, the daughter... Read review

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