So I was on the 82 this afternoon about 2.40 PM, gets to about the bottom of Stannington Road, and the bus driver pulls up and says that anyone wanting to go any further than Hillsborough should get off and get on a Tram, able to use their bus ticket as payment... Anyway next thing the bus turns and goes up Dykes Hall Road up towards Wisewood, since when does the 82 go that way?! In the end I had to get off in Wisewood outside the William Hill shop near the Beehive pub as I knew I could get a 14 Woodhouse bound bus to the Manor from there, so I gets off, stood at the bus stop a few minutes and a 14 comes, I flagged it down and it just sailed past and didn't stop :rant:

Anyway to cut a long story short, does anyone know what the accident at Hillsborough that caused all this farting about entailed?

Very Strange I got on the 81 @ Hillsborough going to Stannington at 245 and ther didnt seem to be any evidence of troube, accidents or police

Seems very strange 5 mins apart :confused:

Very Strange I got on the 81 @ Hillsborough going to Stannington at 245 and ther didnt seem to be any evidence of troube, accidents or police

Seems very strange 5 mins apart :confused:

You were going the other way though mate, I was going Stannington towards Hillsborough, you were going Hillsborough to Stannington, so you may have missed out wherever the accident was.

Possibly, sorry - the only place i could think of then is where the buses dont meet, on the oneway system @ malin bridge, other than that ive failed to help !!

Possibly, sorry - the only place i could think of then is where the buses dont meet, on the oneway system @ malin bridge, other than that ive failed to help !!

Don't worry about it mate, at least you tried :)

So I was on the 82 this afternoon about 2.40 PM, gets to about the bottom of Stannington Road, and the bus driver pulls up and says that anyone wanting to go any further than Hillsborough should get off and get on a Tram, able to use their bus ticket as payment... Anyway next thing the bus turns and goes up Dykes Hall Road up towards Wisewood, since when does the 82 go that way?! In the end I had to get off in Wisewood outside the William Hill shop near the Beehive pub as I knew I could get a 14 Woodhouse bound bus to the Manor from there, so I gets off, stood at the bus stop a few minutes and a 14 comes, I flagged it down and it just sailed past and didn't stop :rant:

Anyway to cut a long story short, does anyone know what the accident at Hillsborough that caused all this farting about entailed?

On Loxley New Road a bus hit a car that hit a skip that hit a car (but not necessarily in that order) meaning you couldnt get down from Stannington (according to my partner).

according to the news on the radio it was a bus that hit a skip on holme lane going towards town nothing about a car mentioned on that at all

My thoughts go out to the Skip and it's family

the bus driver pulls up and says that anyone wanting to go any further than Hillsborough should get off and get on a Tram, able to use their bus ticket as payment... Anyway next thing the bus turns and goes up Dykes Hall Road up towards Wisewood, since when does the 82 go that way?!


Did you just decide to disregard the advice from the bus driver thinking he was telling porkies ??

From what you have posted he actually advised you that he wasn't going any further than Hillsborough so why were you surprised when he didn't continue to town ??

:loopy:

yeah it was a bus hitting a skip into a car. It was a woman at works car! complete tatters! Luckily no one was hurt!

Hows the skip? Has anyone got an update on its condition?

Did you just decide to disregard the advice from the bus driver thinking he was telling porkies ??

From what you have posted he actually advised you that he wasn't going any further than Hillsborough so why were you surprised when he didn't continue to town ??

:loopy:

I wasn't.

I got off in Wisewood as I was heading for the Manor, and knew I could get a 14 bus from outside the William Hill bookie's that goes straight through to Woodhouse via the Manor, saving me from having to go from Hillsborough to Town and then from Town to Manor, meaning that I would only have to pay 1 more bus fare instead of 2.

And no, I am not :loopy: so don't even start :rant:

Mardy Bum

;-)

hi,

It was my car that got totalled by the skip. It car also hit another and that smashed another etc.

Nice to come home from work too.

Skip flattened.

Rach

hi,

It was my car that got totalled by the skip. It car also hit another and that smashed another etc.

Nice to come home from work too.

Skip flattened.

Rach

Good job you're OK Rach :thumbsup:

First bus company responded v quick! I had a courtesy car 2 hours later, and one bloke already been paid out. Could have been nasty but luckily no one around and no one hurt (except skip).

Poor old skip! :D

My thoughts go out to the Skip and it's family

ROFPMSL :lol:

On Loxley New Road a bus hit a car that hit a skip that hit a car (but not necessarily in that order) meaning you couldnt get down from Stannington (according to my partner).


hi,

It was my car that got totalled by the skip. It car also hit another and that smashed another etc.

Nice to come home from work too.

Skip flattened.

Rach

Thought my source was right. Who said no cars involved???

RIP SKIP

Jim:thumbsup:

Did you just decide to disregard the advice from the bus driver thinking he was telling porkies ??

From what you have posted he actually advised you that he wasn't going any further than Hillsborough so why were you surprised when he didn't continue to town ??

:loopy:

Um, no.

I was heading for the Manor at the time, and I knew I could get a 14 from outside the William Hill Bookies which goes straight there, just one bus instead of having to get a Tram then a Bus as I would normally.

You see, I was trying to save time and money, as I was expected on the Vikinglea estate for 4 PM and it was gone 3 by the time I got to the Bus stop.