Get them told!
Earlier this month, Rovers ground out a 1-0 home win over Watford. Being a night match, I went to catch the special Outer Circle bus home after the final whistle. I’d arranged to meet one of my mates and Quarryman’s regular, Rob MacNeall, at the bus stop. Rob was there and so was a queue of Rovers fans, but no bus! It was the same at the bus stop round the corner, where a sister bus travels in the opposite direction back to the depot. Rob and I waited for this elusive bus, but to no avail. We came to the same conclusion; it wasn’t coming, so nipped for a pint in Ewood Park Workingmen’s Club. We let the football traffic disperse and caught a taxi to the Quarryman’s. This cost us £4.50, plus we had a pint apiece in the club and pub, costing us more loot. Now Rob and I are not unfamiliar with experiencing bus problems. We recently teamed up to win a skirmish with the local bus operators over using our bus passes on evening services. Both of us catch various buses to get to and from our respective workplaces. At one point our paid-for bus passes were not accepted by certain operators when they took over certain routes at night. This was resolved to our satisfaction after a bit of effort from Rob and me. And so we resolved to contact Transdev and complain about why tonight’s service had ducked and were these special buses still going to be laid on after Rovers night matches? Next morning I sent a whingeing email to Transdev and tweeted my complaint to them on their Twitter site. Rob followed suit and we both received apologies and three travel vouchers apiece. Hopefully this was a one-off and I expect to be catching the Outer Circle home after our next night match at Ewood Park. Maybe Rovers can grind out another result. We certainly managed one.
