Three Towns Forum
The Local => Local News & Discussion => Topic started by: Fester on August 14, 2011, 10:46:18 pm
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Dear all,
I was wondering, on behalf of my wife, whether anyone knows of an NHS dentist that is taking on patients in the 3 Towns area?
We already have one, many, many miles away... which I will stick with.
Mrs Fester however has got sick of the travelling and organising her life around an appointment.
So, if anyone knows of a dentist (preferably a recommended one) with a vacancy, please let me know.
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I'll Pm you info now. :D
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Spooky that. My son is back from Uni and is also on the look out for a local NHS dentist. I was just about to raise a thread before you beat me to it.
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Suggest the best way is to sign up with a practice and go on the waiting list. I am with Oasis in Princess Drive, Colwyn Bay and they seem to be taking new patients every time I and the wife attend so the wait may not be too long. ££$
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It's not expensive to go private. I use Rhos Road Dental practice in Rhos On Sea, excellent service.
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The same goes with Rob Percy-Hughes in Mostyn Avenue in C-y-D.
I have been with Rob for the past 30 years.
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When we moved here a number of years ago we rang NHS direct and they gave us a list of NHS dentists who were taking on patients.
It could be worth a phone call.
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It's not expensive to go private. I use Rhos Road Dental practice in Rhos On Sea, excellent service.
Depends on what you need doing - some of us are getting on a bit and the old knashers need a bit more attention! ;D
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That was all extremely helpful and prompt.
It seems there is potentially a fair bit of choice, and I shall get on to it in the next few days.. $thanx$ $thanx$ $thanx$
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A new 'Super College'' has been formed by merging Llandrillo and Menai colleges, catering for 34,000 students!
See the article..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-16121419 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-16121419)
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I need a new dentist. Have been with Oasis in Colwyn Bay and Mostyn Dental Practice in Llandudno in the past, but I'm thinking of going private, much against my principles, but NHS dentistry just isn't what it was. Can anyone recommend a decent dentist, preferably a practice rather than a one man.
Many thanks,
chemi
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I go private, and use Rhos Road Dental Practice in Rhos On Sea. I've always been very pleased with their service.
http://www.rhosroad-dental.co.uk/ (http://www.rhosroad-dental.co.uk/)
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I find Deganwy Dental Practice in Station Road very friendly and reasonable.
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The Dentist in Deganwy Avenue, Llandudno, take N.H.S. patients as well as private. Although I do not know if they are taking on any new N.H.S. patients, worth a try.
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I have been with Rob Percy-Hughes in C-y-D for the past 30 years and have always been pleased with his service.
http://www.cyddental.co.uk/personnel/ (http://www.cyddental.co.uk/personnel/)
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Thanks very much for the suggestions. I need to go round and see what they're like. One of the problems is that it is difficult to try them because of the cost of the initial appointment - xrays and what not. Never mind, I need to bite the bullet - hmmm maybe not the best phrase to use about dentists!
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This may seem a stupid question and if it is then I apologise. :-[
I am aware the ALP at Llandudno Fire Station was relocated to Wrexham only a few days ago.
Had it still been based in Llandudno, it could have travelled along the A55 East and parked in the inside lane of the A55 opposite the distressed MV Carrier.
From there could the long ladder have been used to help rescue the seven crew members without the two helicopters being used?
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The ALP at Rhyl is now the nearest and was readily available.
There would be two operational problems that would rule out using the ALP for rescues at this incident.
1. the high winds would have either severely limited, or prevented it's use at all during the rescue phase.
2. lack of suitable hard standing - the ship is too far out from the A55 for the ALP to reach above it from there and the cycle track would not have been able to support the weight of the outriggers on the ALP.
Although these appliances are versatile, their main use is as a water tower and they actually operate within a very close envelope.
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and thats another strong reason why thhe ladder should be still at llandudno , that part closed the other night , and the bangor side closed a few weeks ago ,if either one was busy, what would have happened ,mind you as iv,e always said station by glan conwy corner covers everywhere.
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I have heard from a local Councillor that Rhyl have trouble manning their ALP.
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Yes, taff. If you look at the reports (links elsewhere on the topic) you can see that on at least 8 occasions in 18 months, the Llandudno one had to go to cover for Rhyl as theirs could not be turned out. That's only the times Llandudno was called not when the Rhyl one was actually unavailable.
Decision was loaded against Conwy.
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It STINKS! &shake& &shake&
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A new 'Super College'' has been formed by merging Llandrillo and Menai colleges, catering for 34,000 students!
See the article..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-16121419 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-16121419)
When I first read Festers headline, it suggested to me that students had to take some classes at Llandrillo, then make their way over to Menai for additional classes. :)
I must have been thinking of the two John Bright schools once upon a time. They were only about a mile apart though.
Karen.
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2 x John Brights? $good$
I didn't think you pair were that old. :o
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Apparently, an Aerial Ladder Platform had to travel over from Rhyl to Llandudno to help fight the fire at the Tudno Castle Hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning along with two fire crews from Llandudno and another fire crew from Conwy.
What a good job the hotel was not full of residents as it would have been a few years ago over the last weekend in July.
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Wasn't the fire on the ground floor?
"A fire service spokeswoman said the blaze was arson and was confined to one room on the ground floor."
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If the owners emptied the building of its furnishings, it would be far more difficult to start a fire inside.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2012/07/30/arson-attack-on-derelict-hotel-in-llandudno-55578-31505132/ (http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2012/07/30/arson-attack-on-derelict-hotel-in-llandudno-55578-31505132/)
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Judith Phillips has just tweeted:
"Traffic chaos on the A55 today highlights the fire service aerial platform issue.
Read about it in tomorrow's North wales Weekly News."
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Judith Phillips has just tweeted:
"Traffic chaos on the A55 today highlights the fire service aerial platform issue.
Read about it in tomorrow's North wales Weekly News."
Llandudno hotel fire sparks response time fears
http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/2012/08/02/llandudno-hotel-fire-sparks-response-time-fears-55243-31526759/ (http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/2012/08/02/llandudno-hotel-fire-sparks-response-time-fears-55243-31526759/)
CAMPAIGNERS are furious after a vital piece of firefighting equipment took 26 minutes to reach a blaze which broke out in a derelict hotel in the middle of the night.
They say the length of time it took for the aerial ladder platform (ALP) to travel from Rhyl to Llandudno at 2.15am on Saturday blows a hole in claims that a 30-minute reponse time at peak traffic times is achievable.
And hotelier David Williams, chairman of the resort’s Hospitality Association which backed a Weekly News campaign to keep the ALP in Llandudno and not transfer it to Rhyl, feels lives are being put at risk.
“The time it took the ALP to reach Llandudno in the middle of the night when the roads would have been quiet bears out what we were saying,” he said.
“We don’t want to see a loss of life just to prove our point, and I urge North Wales Fire Service to reconsider its decision.
“Relocating the ladder platform to Colwyn Bay would have been acceptable, but this incident has proved that taking it to Rhyl means their projection of a 30-minute response time even when the roads are busy doesn’t stand up,” he said.
He added that if the derelict Tudno Castle Hotel in Vaughan Street had been occupied at the time of the fire, lives would have been at risk.
It’s a view echoed by county councillor and hotelier Janet Haworth who said she would be contacting Conwy MP Guto Bebb to ask him to raise the issue again with the Fire Authority.
“I have said all along that the projected response time from Rhyl, which was based on computer modelling, was unrealistic and places people in high rise buildings in Llandudno at risk,” she said.
“If there is a lot of traffic on the A55 it’s going to slow down the journey.”
And resident Ian Turner, who vociferously backed our campaign, added: “I believe people could die if the ALP is kept in Rhyl and this response time in the middle of the night bears that out.”
Yesterday an overturned lorry blocked the eastbound A55 between Bangor and Llanfairfechan, meaning the road was completely blocked for hours.
“This is a perfect example of the sort of thing that happens on the A55 regularly, and a fire engine even, with its blue lights flashing, wouldn’t be able to get through,” he stressed.
There are 1,700 tall buildings in Llandudno on a list which stipulates an ALP should attend if fire breaks out. When the Weekly News started its campaign to keep the equipment in Llandudno in March, 700 people signed a petition in only two weeks.
But despite calls from the town and county councils and politicians to change its mind, the Fire Authority pressed ahead with its plans to reduce the number of ALPs in North Wales from four to three and transfer the Llandudno platform to Rhyl.
The Fire Service said the fire at the Tudno Castle Hotel was as the result of arson.
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Let’s hope the Llandudno Hospitality Association is successful.
BTW, I just unsuccessfully tried to search for the association’s website.
Is this association really a Private Limited Company with shareholders?
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Don't hold your breath with anything to do with LHA ! From experience they never get on with anything !
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Emergency services were alerted to the fire in Kinmel Bay at around 11.45pm on Saturday and called on crews from Rhyl, Abergele and St Asaph, as well as Bangor’s aerial ladder platform.
Arson attack in North Wales destroys 12 cars and lorry
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2012/08/27/arson-attack-in-north-wales-destroys-12-cars-and-lorry-55578-31703199/ (http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2012/08/27/arson-attack-in-north-wales-destroys-12-cars-and-lorry-55578-31703199/)
Bangor aerial platform travelling had to travel to the scene because Rhyl fire fighters were fully committed at the scene. This makes it very worrying for Llandudno if there was a fire in town.
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Don't hold your breath with anything to do with LHA ! From experience they never get on with anything !
I think you are being very disingenuous with your LHA comments. David Williams, ever the gentleman, conducts a huge amount of unpaid work on member’s behalf, most of which is carried out under the radar. It’s never been his way to rant and rave in public.
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The town needs someone to come too the front and start ranting and raving before we lose more things,this is the reason the town is in a mess,not one politican will stand up for the town,i say rant and rave and more of it.
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The town needs someone to come too the front and start ranting and raving before we lose more things,this is the reason the town is in a mess,not one politican will stand up for the town,i say rant and rave and more of it.
You don't seem to be doing such a bad job yourself Wrex! Do a Mrs Pankhurst and chain yourself to the Town Hall railings! I'll arrange for regular cups of tea and food. :D
Can I ask a simple question Wrex? When was the last time you actually put pen to paper and wrote to the Council pointing out their shortcomings? It is all very well to put your comments on this Forum but, as you say, direct action is what is called for. Lobby your Councillors and write and complain. Even to the Local Government Ombudsman should you feel it necessary. Z**
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I know for a fact that Wrex has been in regular contact with the Town Council on various issues, as I have seen his name mentioned in the minutes of committee meetings, regarding letters sent in. $good$
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I know for a fact that Wrex has been in regular contact with the Town Council on various issues, as I have seen his name mentioned in the minutes of committee meetings, regarding letters sent in. $good$
Thanks ( $thanx$) for that, but I would have preferred Wrex to have answered, then if he wasn't getting any satisfaction I could have added my weight to his efforts. We were both on the Council at the same time so are well known to each other, and both have similar feeling about the inefficiency and lack of attention among many of the Members. However, written comments to the council stand a better chance of being dealt with than a telephone call. E-mail, for some inexplicable reason, gets very little response or no response at all.
I have been constantly on their backs which is why they eventually cut off my communications with them (see some previous posts re problems this caused and is still causing)!
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Yorkie it was about two years ago about xmas lights,each councillor recieved a letter from me,ten replied via mail and one phone call,not one agreed with me,most where just polite thank you for writing,they did invite me onto the sub-committee maybe to try and shut me up,because they have taken no notice of what i put in the letter whatsoever.On here though i can air my views with a few responses.
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I'll start to badger them too. They owe me one! ;D
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$yes$ I thought it was about time that the seemingly hidden (Forgotten? Pushed out of sight?) substantial section of local society was given an airing on this site.
First let me explain: people are disabled by the obstacles thrown up by the society they live in and NOT by any impairments they have from accident or disease; obstacles which are any barriers which discriminate against them, making them less equal than others. Reading between the lines, I expect several examples of stigma and prejudice in contributions from members of this forum.
Anyway, let me ask a practical question to start off. Does anyone know where the local ATOS office is? $angry$
Heddwch.
Mike.
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If you mean ATOS Healthcare they have an assessment centre at Colwyn Bay in the Job Centre Plus building in Coed Pella Road.
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$yes$ I thought it was about time that the seemingly hidden (Forgotten? Pushed out of sight?) substantial section of local society was given an airing on this site.
First let me explain: people are disabled by the obstacles thrown up by the society they live in and NOT by any impairments they have from accident or disease; obstacles which are any barriers which discriminate against them, making them less equal than others. Reading between the lines, I expect several examples of stigma and prejudice in contributions from members of this forum.
Anyway, let me ask a practical question to start off. Does anyone know where the local ATOS office is? $angry$
Heddwch.
Mike.
Micox, with all due respect....what are you on about?
Examples of stigma and prejudice toward disabled people from members of this Forum? Z**
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Reading between the lines, I expect several examples of stigma and prejudice in contributions from members of this forum.
Anyway, let me ask a practical question to start off. Does anyone know where the local ATOS office is? Heddwch.
Mike.
What other questions have you? It would seem to be easier to answer them all at the same time.
Personally, I have never seen or experienced any form of stigma or prejudice from any person on this forum, and am wondering what is your real hidden agenda.
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$drink1$
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First let me explain: people are disabled by the obstacles thrown up by the society they live in and NOT by any impairments they have from accident or disease; obstacles which are any barriers which discriminate against them.
I'm abled bodied and I'm discriminated in a major way when it comes to Parking. Everywhere you go in Llandudno there is an overabundance of free parking for the disabled and yet they are still allowed to ignore it, finding it far more convenient to abandon their vehicles on yellow lines and road junctions or any other inconvenient spot they so choose. How’s that for discrimination in action? $angry$ $angry$ $angry$.....
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First let me explain: people are disabled by the obstacles thrown up by the society they live in and NOT by any impairments they have from accident or disease; obstacles which are any barriers which discriminate against them.
I'm abled bodied and I'm discriminated in a major way when it comes to Parking. Everywhere you go in Llandudno there is an overabundance of free parking for the disabled and yet they are still allowed to ignore it, finding it far more convenient to abandon their vehicles on yellow lines and road junctions or any other inconvenient spot they so choose. How’s that for discrimination in action? $angry$ $angry$ $angry$.....
Brilliant!!! Thanks for making Micox's ludicrous point completely valid by lumping all of "them" in together. I'm disabled and I don't even drive, never mind find it more convenient to abandon my vehicle on yellow lines $good$ &shake&
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people are disabled by the obstacles thrown up by the society they live in and NOT by any impairments they have from accident or disease
Interesting view, but one with which I take issue. To take but one example, the Blind person is disabled. Their disability has nothing whatsoever to do with "the obstacles thrown up by the society they live in". Eyesight is essential for almost all organisms to function, other than bats, moles and many deep-sea species. In fact, if anything the opposite is true. It's emphatically because society creates aids for the visually impaired that they can function at all. It could also be argued that, for an example "of stigma and prejudice", it's really not necessary to look much further than your post.
Immense strides in accommodating the needs of the less-able have been made in the past thirty years. Things aren't perfect, partly because there are so many types of disability but - as a society - we do a lot more than some.
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I suspect... $drink1$
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I suspect... $drink1$
I suspect... the chip on Micox's shoulder is big enough to qualify for a disability allowance on it's own
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I suspect... $drink1$
What? At only 7.05 p.m.? Z**
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mike-llywelyn-cox/37/a47/378 (http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mike-llywelyn-cox/37/a47/378)
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ZXZ
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I am disabled but in my short time on the forum I have never seen anything untoward on
disabilty. I myself have had two strokes two replacement hips and waiting on a new knee
joint and very deaf in both ears.there are many types of disabilty Iam one of the lucky ones.
micox why dont you say what is on your mind. with my disabilty it has been twenty years.
with all due respect I see you are in a wheelchair.myself i have had no problems I have upgraded
to big four wheel scooter and yes I would like riders take a test. I blame those days when my
mates and me would walk back from colwyn bay after missing the last bus after chatting the girls
up but found a nice lass in llandudno still remember her name pauline perrine those were days
thanks romanjohn
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There might have been the odd joke on the 'Dreadful Jokes' thread.... but other that, I agree, nothing!
Born to Run.... you are not disabled. Other than your debilitating addictions to Facebook and Scottish football.
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There might have been the odd joke on the 'Dreadful Jokes' thread.... but other that, I agree, nothing!
Born to Run.... you are not disabled. Other than your debilitating addictions to Facebook and Scottish football.
I am disabled thank you Fester, Not all disabilities are visible - it doesn't mean they're not real. That makes you number 1 guilty person on the prejudice of disabilities on the forum!! (are forum that has several examples of such apparently)
In all seriousness though I so have a neurological disorder, which means I cannot do things like write with a pen for more than a couple of lines or drive a car. To be honest and going back the the original point I can't say I've experienced any real prejudice or stigma since school, my employee for example has been brilliant, as have my colleagues in the rare times it may affect my work.
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You can explain the finer points of this to me tomorrow night, when we play darts... and you will be writing many lines, but
in chalk!
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Speaking of which we are now joint bottom 6 points behind our closest rivals, I think some Detonation is in order tomorrow night $good$
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My good lady wife and I had a very enjoyable 5 days back in the old town staying in a lovely little B&B on the Little Orme. We chose this B&B for 2 reasons, a good write up from trip adviser (we weren’t disappointed) and ample parking. We intended to leave the car and travel into and back from town by bus. I must stress that it was during the high temperatures experienced last month. So far so good, however some of the drivers were downright surly and uncooperative, one particular chap (we came across him twice) took a perverse pleasure in going past the stop you rang for to the next stop. We are both fit so it didn’t really matter except for the earache I got from my good lady. On another occasion with the temperature in the 80s, the bus stopped opposite the coach park for 15 minutes in the sweltering heat (3 passengers got off and walked, to where I have no idea) whilst the driver awaited his lunch break relief who eventually turned up in a car that the off duty driver then got in and drove off, unbelievable. After the fourth day we discovered a taxi from top of town to our B&B was £4.80 whereas the bus fare for 2 singles was £5.20? so guess what we opted for after that? much more pleasant! Just a gripe to get it off my chest really. However it was sad day, in my opinion when Crossville and to some extent the Red Buses ceased operating!
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We've discussed this before, the buses are far too expensive, mainly because only a few have to pay! Surely a bus should be the cheapest form of public transport?
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A 7 day unlimited ticket for Arriva buses throughout North Wales and the North West of England is £19.00. If you use it everyday that's a maximum of just under £3 a day irrespective of number of journeys.
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ZXZTo be fair, I wasn't moaning about the price of a bus fare (I've paid worse) but more the fact that without being informed, a bus can stop and await a relief driver who is 15 minutes late in the blistering heat just because of a lunch break. What about the well being of the passengers a lot of whom were elderly and believe me it was oppressively hot. What do you do, get off which 3 people did or hang on in the hope the relief will turn up soon? Bad management!
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Did you consider telephoning Customer Services for Arriva Buses to complain?
Your paper bus ticket had on it both the telephone number and driver ID.
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You're right, I should of complained but being on holiday, a bit cynical and someone who's nature is 'just take it and let's crack on' I didn't do anything about it, perhaps I should of done.
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Correct,
You see for many decades there has always been a bus depot in Llandudno Junction where drivers used to change shifts at the bus stops surrounding that depot.
Since it closed down not too long ago, drivers now seem to use company cars to travel to designated locations for a change of drivers.
The last time it happened to me was outside Maesdu Golf Club.
It was a strange experience because the driver just sat at his wheel and did not inform passengers what was happening.
We thought his bus has broken down until a replacement driver arrived after five minutes in the company car.
If the system is not working then the management of Arriva Buses need to know and I am sure they would have welcomed your feedback.
If you still have your bus ticket then it may not be too late to phone and complain.
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You've convinced me! Though I don't have the ticket I have the number to phone, the bus number I was on and approximately the time and location. Watch this space!
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Will do. ££$