Wondering if Ashley Down is the hare to Portway Parkway's tortoise.....
 

The only deity they might dig up in constructing the Portishead line might be an effigy of St Dawn of Primarolo, coloured bright red, eating Richard Cotterell previous chair of ATA ..Advanced Transport for Avon.

It would seem rather apt if the station with the longest wait, should open on the longest day....

It seems the Exeter lot have stolen a Marsh (sic) on us. That's Portway Parkway chances of being first, gone for a Barton (sic).....

I travelled with DRT to Bristol airport...and was dropped and picked up at the Airport Tavern on the A38. For anyone reasonably fit and in good weather the 15-20 minute walk to the the terminal would be OK. However if you had a suitcase or a family it would be totally impractical. The second time I was taken into the airport and back out again and finally dropped on the painted BUS STOP on the top road adjoining the terminal. Opposite, was a clear warning on the sign about 200 yards from the terminal, saying you would be fined £100 if you stop here ! Whether that was applied to the DRT bus, I have no idea.
Anyway I wrote to Westlink and the airport pointing out the impracticality of these arrangements, and metaphorically knocked some heads together. I am pleased to say I have now had an email to say that Westlink DRT have now been given permission to use Stand 24 in the airport bus station.
However the not inconsiderable difficulty of getting UP to the terminal from the airport bus station still needs to be addressed. I saw an elderly couple get off a Falcon coach having come up from Pymouth laden with suitcases. The way up to the terminal is two slopes and three flights of steps...they had to ring for a taxi to take them up for the terminal !!!
Surely, with the  profits Bristol airport make, someone could be employed with one of the golf type buggies to transfer passengers and their luggage between the airport  bus station and terminal......

I was on the first run out of Portishead this morning, waiting along with 20 others at the Combe Road bus stop in Portishead. A roving Radio Bristol reporter was in attendance and created a jolly mood on the first jam packed single decker service that took 20 minutes instead of at least 4 hours there and back, that residents have had to endure for the last 3 years. A 3000+ name petition was presented for North Somerset and we now have 3 round trips a day giving 2 hours at Cribbs Causeway with 4 on Saturdays. It was a shame we didn't have a TV crew on board as the 95% passengers were over 65 and using their ENCTS^▸ (English National Concessionary Travel Scheme) passes and serenaded the driver with a rip roaring version of 'the wheels on the bus go round and round'. I hope the service utilises a double decker, and as the song says 'all day long' as it soon gets  upgraded to an hourly service.

For those of you over 60, can I recommend this Spanish rail pass. I bought mine in Vigo after travelling up from Porto and it cost 6 euros and gives you up to 50% off RENFE^▸ (Spanish National Railways (Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Espanoles)) fares for a whole year. All that is needed is the sight of your passport and it can be renewed online. I recouped the cost of the card on the onward journey to A Coruna and over the next 8 days saved over £50 in rail fares!

GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) is offering me tickets from Portway parkway to Temple Meads on Sat 3rd June .... so can we assume this is the opening day

Barking mad that dog....and don't get me started on his owner.....

Storm Mathis is forecast for tomorrow. If any child is born during the passage of the storm it will HAVE to be called Johnny....male or female....see what I did there?

The Westlink app is live and the info on Travelwest is there for all to see. I am tempted to travel from sea to shining sea, (well Titfield thunderbolt land,) from my neck of the woods right on the coast to Freshford covering the east and west extremities of the South zone. Will it send the system into meltdown on the first day  ? Or will it be rather more roBUS than that ??

No 5 is what will stand in for the Waverley and/or Balmoral on the Bristol Channel this year.....

I think the 3rd photo is Taunton bound for Minehead....or perhaps Clovelly.....

Having 6 people to help sort out said RUCK sack .......I might be tempted to change the first letter of the offending receptacle. 

Why not try a demand response service dubbed 'Dans vans' to commence just after April Fools day ?. Don't put out any information about it 2 weeks before it is due to start running..... Oh, hang on a minute...

A date was mentioned as being operational by the end of 2024! .How does Charfield reopening circumvent the much derided GRIP^▸ (Guide to Railway Investment Projects) process??
If only Port Zed was up and running by the end of next year?!