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| − | [[User:Gaelan|Gaelan]] ([[User talk:Gaelan|talk]]) | + | [[User:Gaelan|Gaelan]] ([[User talk:Gaelan|talk]]), and a friend |
== Plans == | == Plans == | ||
Gaelan, and a friend, going to get the Ember to Inchture and walk. | Gaelan, and a friend, going to get the Ember to Inchture and walk. | ||
== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
| − | + | Leave home in a hurry to make the bus to Dundee; re-check timetables; go home and eat breakfast. | |
| − | + | Leave home again, get the 99 to Dundee; walk over to the Grassmarket "bus stop" for the Ember E3. "Bus stop" is a bit of a strong word here - it's a lay-by with a couple chargers for the electric busses and a "bus parking" sign, but nothing to indicate that you could board a bus here, besides a crowd of others who seem prepared to do so. Sure enough, bus shows up, 10 minutes or so before its scheduled departure; my friend shows up shortly after the bus does; and we're off to Inchture. This is my second time on an Ember bus; they're lovely quiet electric things. Only £2.20 for the 17-minute ride - which shouldn't be notable, but given the state bus prices in Scotland, it's a rather pleasant surprise. | |
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| + | 15 minutes later, we're there, on a bus stop on the shoulder of the A90. Cell signal in the village of Inchture is shockingly bad, but thankfully my friend has a better sense of direction than I and we're off in the right direction, despite neither of us having been to the village before. Thankfully, outside the village things improve enough to get a map. | ||
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| + | From there, it's a nice walk along quiet country roads, with the A90 roaring by in the distance. The most notable landmark is a farm selling potatoes - but far from the traditional honor system you expect in rural areas like this, they've got a vending machine! Sadly neither of us got a photo of the actual machine, but it's an Amazon locker style thing, where you pay to open a cupboard door and remove the sack of potatoes inside. | ||
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| + | The hashpoint itself is conveniently located right on the road; we get the photo and turn back around to Inchture. On the way back, the Ember timetable doesn't line up, so we get the Stagecoach 16 from a stop in the village instead. It's night and day from the Ember; it's a vibrating diesel bus, for one (although not nearly as rattly as some of Stagecoach's fare), and it also takes long detours at each of the A90's junctions to serve a village bus stop; the road network here is not well-designed for local bus service. Once in Dundee, we take a circuitous route into the city center, serving the hospital on the way. All in all, it's timetabled to take 42 minutes - over double the time the Ember took! But it's still faster than waiting for the Ember, barely. | ||
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| + | From there it's an uneventful 99 back home. | ||
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| + | | latitude = 56 | ||
| + | | longitude = -3 | ||
| + | | partner = a friend | ||
| + | | date = 2024-03-02 | ||
| + | | name = Gaelan | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Public transport geohash | ||
| + | | latitude = 56 | ||
| + | | longitude = -3 | ||
| + | | date = 2024-03-02 | ||
| + | | busline = 99/E3/16 | ||
| + | | name = Gaelan | ||
| + | }} | ||
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Location
On a road near Inchture.
Participants
Plans
Gaelan, and a friend, going to get the Ember to Inchture and walk.
Expedition
Leave home in a hurry to make the bus to Dundee; re-check timetables; go home and eat breakfast.
Leave home again, get the 99 to Dundee; walk over to the Grassmarket "bus stop" for the Ember E3. "Bus stop" is a bit of a strong word here - it's a lay-by with a couple chargers for the electric busses and a "bus parking" sign, but nothing to indicate that you could board a bus here, besides a crowd of others who seem prepared to do so. Sure enough, bus shows up, 10 minutes or so before its scheduled departure; my friend shows up shortly after the bus does; and we're off to Inchture. This is my second time on an Ember bus; they're lovely quiet electric things. Only £2.20 for the 17-minute ride - which shouldn't be notable, but given the state bus prices in Scotland, it's a rather pleasant surprise.
15 minutes later, we're there, on a bus stop on the shoulder of the A90. Cell signal in the village of Inchture is shockingly bad, but thankfully my friend has a better sense of direction than I and we're off in the right direction, despite neither of us having been to the village before. Thankfully, outside the village things improve enough to get a map.
From there, it's a nice walk along quiet country roads, with the A90 roaring by in the distance. The most notable landmark is a farm selling potatoes - but far from the traditional honor system you expect in rural areas like this, they've got a vending machine! Sadly neither of us got a photo of the actual machine, but it's an Amazon locker style thing, where you pay to open a cupboard door and remove the sack of potatoes inside.
The hashpoint itself is conveniently located right on the road; we get the photo and turn back around to Inchture. On the way back, the Ember timetable doesn't line up, so we get the Stagecoach 16 from a stop in the village instead. It's night and day from the Ember; it's a vibrating diesel bus, for one (although not nearly as rattly as some of Stagecoach's fare), and it also takes long detours at each of the A90's junctions to serve a village bus stop; the road network here is not well-designed for local bus service. Once in Dundee, we take a circuitous route into the city center, serving the hospital on the way. All in all, it's timetabled to take 42 minutes - over double the time the Ember took! But it's still faster than waiting for the Ember, barely.
From there it's an uneventful 99 back home.
Photos
Achievements
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Gaelan earned the Drag-along achievement
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Gaelan earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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