Notts and Derby plan to end the 35 bus service https://bustimes.org/services/35-derby-bretton-avenue-havenbaulk-avenue from 20 July.  Local Lib Dems are campaigning to save it. The 35 Bus service only takes about £37 per day, even including the money for ‘free’ bus journeys. This is not enough to pay for the drivers’ wages, fuel, cleaning, insurance and so on. Local […]

Drains in road gutters – known as gullies – help stop flooding by diverting rainwater away safely. Or at least that’s the idea.  Too often they seem to be blocked. This morning I passed a gully-clearing wagon working on Haven Baulk Lane, and later followed it along the lane towards Mickleover.  I hoped to catch […]

Arriva are making changes to their bus services in Derby from around the end of October. This map might help… Arriva Derby L2 Map – Routes and Daytime Frequencies – OCT 15

Have you spotted one of these ‘loops’ on the road recently?  There are hundreds about! Over the last few weeks there have been exhibitions about how the A38 might be altered to remove the islands at Ashbourne Road (A52) and Little Eaton (A61).  If you’ve not responded to this, then the consultation details are here. […]