Coach 9 yesterday

ayjaydee · by **ayjaydee** » 04 Feb 2007 14:38

Bloddy driver got lost coming out of Manchester, we'd been on the road 3 hours and hadn't reached Brum!!

Question to Star Travel. Is there no laid down maximum travel period without having to stop for a comfort break? We had been on the coach for in excess of 4 hours before a quick pit-stop at Warwick. ( I believe this stop only occurred beacuse one or two people, myself included were complaining).

And why only 15 mins, barely time to get to the toilet and back let alone get a bite to eat. Do you think we are all going to go home and rustle up a quick snack at 11 o something at night?

Now I now why I do not use the coach travel too often.

Rant over!

M4 Junction 11 · by **M4 Junction 11** » 04 Feb 2007 14:42

Why no Executive Coach for travel as far as Manchester?

AndyRFC · by **AndyRFC** » 04 Feb 2007 18:43

Might have actually seen this coach wandering around close to the City Centre. Wasnt there a convoy back to the Motorway

ayjaydee · by **ayjaydee** » 04 Feb 2007 19:18

AndyRFC wrote:Might have actually seen this coach wandering around close to the City Centre. Wasnt there a convoy back to the Motorway

Yeah and coach 9 got itself detached from the convoy and decided to show us the sights of Oldham!

STAR TRAVEL · by **STAR TRAVEL** » 04 Feb 2007 19:49

[quote="ayjaydee"]Bloddy driver got lost coming out of Manchester, we'd been on the road 3 hours and hadn't reached Brum!!

Question to Star Travel. Is there no laid down maximum travel period without having to stop for a comfort break? We had been on the coach for in excess of 4 hours before a quick pit-stop at Warwick. ( I believe this stop only occurred beacuse one or two people, myself included were complaining).

And why only 15 mins, barely time to get to the toilet and back let alone get a bite to eat. Do you think we are all going to go home and rustle up a quick snack at 11 o something at night?

Now I now why I do not use the coach travel too often.

Right at this moment I am unable to ascertain how or why coach 9 got detached from the convoy. There would not have been fours hours before a comfort stop had this not been the case. It will be looked into on Monday during normal office hours.

doylefan · by **doylefan** » 04 Feb 2007 20:41

ayjaydee wrote:Bloddy driver got lost coming out of Manchester, we'd been on the road 3 hours and hadn't reached Brum!!

Question to Star Travel. Is there no laid down maximum travel period without having to stop for a comfort break? We had been on the coach for in excess of 4 hours before a quick pit-stop at Warwick. ( I believe this stop only occurred beacuse one or two people, myself included were complaining).

And why only 15 mins, barely time to get to the toilet and back let alone get a bite to eat. Do you think we are all going to go home and rustle up a quick snack at 11 o something at night?

Now I now why I do not use the coach travel too often.

Rant over!

kept hearing that coach 9 had got lost, wondered what happened

Farnborough Royal · by **Farnborough Royal** » 04 Feb 2007 20:57

LOL @ the bloke whos coach left without him at the services

The_Cat · by **The_Cat** » 04 Feb 2007 21:12

Farnborough Royal wrote:LOL @ the bloke whos coach left without him at the services

What happend to him?

willz_royal · by **willz_royal** » 04 Feb 2007 21:17

Farnborough Royal wrote:LOL @ the bloke whos coach left without him at the services

im ALOL

Barry the bird boggler · by **Barry the bird boggler** » 05 Feb 2007 13:28

I'm not surprised someone got lost, I've never seen such dreadful signposting around a place before and not just the fact that Eastlands or the City of Manchester Stadium are not signposted anywhere apart from right outside the place - in fact if they hadn't have a picture of a football next to the Sportcity sign plenty would probably have sailed right by the turnings to it.

Add to that the badly signposted fact that the link road from the M56 to M6 was closed and its no wonder people were delayed.

urz_1871 · by **urz_1871** » 05 Feb 2007 14:00

Barry the bird boggler wrote:I'm not surprised someone got lost, I've never seen such dreadful signposting around a place before and not just the fact that Eastlands or the City of Manchester Stadium are not signposted anywhere apart from right outside the place - in fact if they hadn't have a picture of a football next to the Sportcity sign plenty would probably have sailed right by the turnings to it.

Add to that the badly signposted fact that the link road from the M56 to M6 was closed and its no wonder people were delayed.

Thank god for sat nav

biscuitsrus · by **biscuitsrus** » 05 Feb 2007 18:22

Does anyone know why M56 was closed?

Rhys The Royal · by **Rhys The Royal** » 05 Feb 2007 19:57

At least your coach was warm, Coach 7 was freezin!!!!!

Farnborough Royal · by **Farnborough Royal** » 05 Feb 2007 21:24

The_Cat wrote:
Farnborough Royal wrote:LOL @ the bloke whos coach left without him at the services
What happend to him?

There was a spare seat on ours.

66DD · by **66DD** » 05 Feb 2007 23:00

biscuitsrus wrote:Does anyone know why M56 was closed?

It was owing to long term road works. The closure over this weekend had been advertised for weeks in a number of service stations on the M6 as well as signage on the M6 & M56.

biscuitsrus · by **biscuitsrus** » 06 Feb 2007 14:35

66DD wrote:
biscuitsrus wrote:Does anyone know why M56 was closed?
It was owing to long term road works. The closure over this weekend had been advertised for weeks in a number of service stations on the M6 as well as signage on the M6 & M56.

Fortunately my daily activity only takes me as far East as Herne Bay as far South as Portsmouth and as far North as Cambridge. I dont have cause to travel up the M6 except on a matchday.

Forbury Lion · by **Forbury Lion** » 06 Feb 2007 16:18

Farnborough Royal wrote:
The_Cat wrote:
Farnborough Royal wrote:LOL @ the bloke whos coach left without him at the services
What happend to him?
There was a spare seat on ours.

Why was there a spare seat on yours?

Did you leave someone in Manchester?

ayjaydee · by **ayjaydee** » 07 Feb 2007 07:40

STAR TRAVEL wrote:
ayjaydee wrote:Bloddy driver got lost coming out of Manchester, we'd been on the road 3 hours and hadn't reached Brum!!

Question to Star Travel. Is there no laid down maximum travel period without having to stop for a comfort break? We had been on the coach for in excess of 4 hours before a quick pit-stop at Warwick. ( I believe this stop only occurred beacuse one or two people, myself included were complaining).

And why only 15 mins, barely time to get to the toilet and back let alone get a bite to eat. Do you think we are all going to go home and rustle up a quick snack at 11 o something at night?

Now I now why I do not use the coach travel too often.

Right at this moment I am unable to ascertain how or why coach 9 got detached from the convoy. There would not have been fours hours before a comfort stop had this not been the case. It will be looked into on Monday during normal office hours.

Any response/excuse from Horsemans then?

STAR TRAVEL · by **STAR TRAVEL** » 08 Feb 2007 07:46

ayjaydee wrote:
STAR TRAVEL wrote:
ayjaydee wrote:Bloddy driver got lost coming out of Manchester, we'd been on the road 3 hours and hadn't reached Brum!!

Question to Star Travel. Is there no laid down maximum travel period without having to stop for a comfort break? We had been on the coach for in excess of 4 hours before a quick pit-stop at Warwick. ( I believe this stop only occurred beacuse one or two people, myself included were complaining).

And why only 15 mins, barely time to get to the toilet and back let alone get a bite to eat. Do you think we are all going to go home and rustle up a quick snack at 11 o something at night?

Now I now why I do not use the coach travel too often.

Right at this moment I am unable to ascertain how or why coach 9 got detached from the convoy. There would not have been fours hours before a comfort stop had this not been the case. It will be looked into on Monday during normal office hours.
Any response/excuse from Horsemans then?

We have received an apology from Horseman's, for more info come in to the STAR HQ.

EASTENDER MARKY · by **EASTENDER MARKY** » 08 Feb 2007 08:05

STAR TRAVEL wrote:
ayjaydee wrote:
STAR TRAVEL wrote: Any response/excuse from Horsemans then?
We have received an apology from Horseman's, for more info come in to the STAR HQ.

STAR HQ??!! You mean the porta kabin outside the jazz club?