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Waiting for the bus from Ripon to Harrogate got talking to a Dutch couple. Asked if they were here for the cycling they replied “yes, our daughters racing” oh says I “what’s her name?” Annemiek van Vleuten the woman replied. She is an absolute legend.
Who’s the most surprising person you’ve met waiting for the buss?
I find public transport so miserable I'm never in the mood for a chat.
Joni Mitchell, she was getting a bus to Norwich, desperate to see how the pedestrianisation was working out.
Saw a couple of blokes called Boris and Nigel hanging about near a bus once, I decided not to get on it in the end....
My wife met Billy Connolly standing in Gordon Street in Glasgow a couple of weeks back.
I once sat next to Busta Rhymes on a bus to Reims.
<Thinks about whether this works given the pronunciation of 'Reims'>
<Gallic shrug>
😂
Joni Mitchell, she was getting a bus to Norwich, desperate to see how the pedestrianisation was working out.
It doesn't quite fit in with her blinkered view of the world
I once spent a train journey chatting with a bloke who claimed to be the guitarist from The Mavericks (of "Dance the Night Away" fame). He gave me his number and everything, although I never rang him.
I once spent a train journey chatting with a bloke who claimed to be the guitarist from The Motors (of “Dancing the Night Away” fame).
Small world
Been on the top deck of an empty bus when someone came and sat next to me. Very odd.
I once met Neil Hannon on a long distance coach.
Not a bus, but my daughter a couple of months ago asks me out of the blue. 'do you know any cyclists called Owain?'
Not from our club so reply, 'only one, Owain Doull'
'Oh yeah that's him. Is he any good?' She'd been chatting to hm on a dating app. Think she's got bored now because he's been away racing all summer and doesn't reply within 1 second if she messages him. The massive idiot. (Alice, not Owain (or maybe both))
Years ago got the coach from Oxford to Heathrow and sat next to an oldish non-discript guy.
He started talking to me, asking what I did and where i was going. So I responded and what do you do?
He said wrote for TV. Turned about to be Colin Dexter who wrote Inspector Morse which was huge at the time.
It doesn’t quite fit in with her blinkered view of the world
Say what, now?
Say what, now?
When you make a joke - specifically a music based one, please state so for CZ's benefit.
Ha ha, I clicked on the thread as I've just been in a very chatty bus queue waiting for the 36 back to Leeds. Maybe there's something going on in Harrogate 😉
Doesn't answer the actual question, mind you!
When I learned to ski I was in a class with Duncan Goodhew's mum.
I once spent a train journey chatting with a bloke who claimed to be the guitarist from The Motors (of “Dancing the Night Away” fame).
But did you get his number though, eh?
On various occasions on the No 50 bus in Birmingham in the early 90s I met and chatted to:
Ronnie Wood
Midge Ure
Top Topham
Jack Bruce
and several others.
When I say I met them - I met a bohemian alcholic with a broken guitar called Charlie.
Ha ha, I clicked on the thread as I’ve just been in a very chatty bus queue waiting for the 36 back to Leeds. Maybe there’s something going on in Harrogate
Don’t believe there’s anything happening in Harrogate. Though you could try Bettys tearooms - apparently that’s where it’s at.
Bumped in to Mickey Flanagan this morning g at Reading train station.
Got chatting to a gent in the first class train carriage a few years back on the way from London to Derby.
He got off at Leicester. Apparently he was looking at some film/theatre scripts.
Only later did I realise it was Dicky Attenborough 😎 lovely unassuming bloke.
Not a bus but it is bike related. My brother and I had our bikes on the tube heading to a race at Eastway in the early 90's. Got chatting to an American Women who then tells us her brother makes bikes, turns out it was Gary Klein's sister.
I once sat on a train next to a girl in my reserved seat. She got up and moved before we left the station. Understandable I suppose.
I once sat next to Elton John on the 804 near London Heathrow. He'd forgotten to put his glasses on that morning and thought it was the Concorde. I didn't want to spoil his day so left him to it.
I once met Neil Hannon on a long distance coach.
Desperately trying to remember the lyrics to that now. Did you have crisps and tea?
I shared a bus ride with Frank Chickens. They were nice.
I also shook hand with Mr Branson from Grange Hill
Mrs Donald got chatted up by a member of Primal Scream on the train. Apparently I'm "a very lucky fella".
Stay away from drugs kids 🙂
Not a bus, but bike related.
I was talking to an acquaintance in my house. He looked at my bikes and said that his niece did a bit of cycling. Turns out she is Becky James who does a lot more than a bit of cycling.
And then I bumped into her and her partner a few weeks ago as I was about to ride up a trail. Her partner is Welsh rugby star George North. They were walking their dog. I didn’t mention our mutual friends. 😁
My ex-boss, she never failed to surprise with her total nuttiness.
Me: Good morning Ms. Boss.
Boss: I didn't know you used the bus, I thought you drove to work.
Me: No, I don't have a car, I usually ride my bike but I use the bus when it's raining.
Boss: Oh, I like taking the bus, it's interesting listening to what people are talking about.
I could think of nothing to say in response to that. I just pretended I had urgent emails to attend to on my phone for the rest of the ride.
Does a train station count?
94 ish... I was walking from Gare du Nord to Gare de L’est (gay Paris) and bumped into Thomas Bangaltier & Guy Manuel de Hommes.
We then got the train to Strasbourg together. I went to watch them do a mental gig and went on a crazy bender somewhere over the German border. (So I was told. Ha.)
I also shook hand with Mr Branson from Grange Hill
He is, quite literally, Hitler.
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Waiting for the bus from Ripon to Harrogate got talking to a Dutch couple. Asked if they were here for the cycling they replied “yes, our daughters racing” oh says I “what’s her name?” Annemiek van Vleuten the woman replied. She is an absolute legend.
She's also now world champion 🙂
He is, quite literally, Hitler.
He is also Himmler.
He is also Himmler.
He was also Charles' brother, not Richard's.
He was also Charles’ brother, not Richard’s.
Charles Branson the serial killer?
once sat next to Karl Lagerfeld on a Megabus to Scarborough
Charles Branson the serial killer?
I wouldn't say that to his face unless you have a Death Wish.
A friend of mine once sat next to Joe Cocker on a bus - apparently Joe said he uses it regularly to get to town. I've been using that same bus ever since in the hope of meeting him, but no luck yet. Think I'll keep trying.
A friend of mine once sat next to Joe Cocker on a bus – apparently Joe said he uses it regularly to get to town. I’ve been using that same bus ever since in the hope of meeting him, but no luck yet. Think I’ll keep trying.
In other news Joe Cocker has stopped taking the bus for fear of stalkers.
She’s also now world champion
Having babbled a bit about how I held her daughter up as an exemplar to my daughters I asked if she would win. “She has a plan” her mum said. Indeed.
Buses and bus stops only please. Loads of famous people use public transport but buses require skill, nous and risk (includes National Express and Megabus as well as the 318)