Just to let you know, I'm talking about the Number 6 circular service run by First Eastern Counties traveling from Great Yarmouth (Market Gates) to Mallard Way(Bradwell) To see the timetable, click here.


Tom's Experiences

The Number 2 bus
This is the regular bus I get to school, It stops just down the road from me, it runs every 20mins (peak) and to get to school on time, I have to catch it at 7:35. Oh, and it's full of 'rival' students from other schools. Not good. Infact, my sister was once chased off the bus and all the way to school by them; welcome to friendly Great Yarmouth!

Anyway, since this incident, my sister and her friends catch this bus for about 5 minutes, then get off and swap buses. Me, being terribly lazy, of course don't. And carry on unhindered reading my book and listening to some nice early morning rock. However, today I decided to get off with my sister and co, on account of the trance music blasting from the back of the bus (unfortunately it wasn't a remote control bus rave). What bus do I find they get on?

The Number 6
So I immediately whipped out my camera, and started documenting my experience with the number 6 bus line.

The first thing I noticed was that it was on the whole, emptier than the 2. Only one bunch of students rather than 3. Just a few commuters and elderly people traveling to the abundance of old people's homes and day centres that make up Bradwell. That was nice, you managed to get a seat, which you need at that time in the morning. Also none of us received any hassle from any of the other bus-ees, that too was nice too. Also, this bus gets to the school quicker, so I could afford to get a later bus, but the closest it stops to me is the main bus station of Yarmouth, and to get there on foot it'd take the same time as getting the other bus.

I decided this bus needed further investigation, and decided to get it again the following day.

Adam's Experience
I woke up this morning at around 10am to be confronted (at around 12) by a Skype message from Tom. I was at a gig the night before and sincerely tired and it seems that the Number 6 bus route wouldn't demand much physical energy. I walked into town for the 12:45 service and arrived at about 12 to get a sandwich from M&S, they had egg and bacon, great for a vegetarian. Next I walk to outside McDonalds to wait for Tom and then I was going to get some lunch, unfortunately Tom was taking the piss late.
So he finally got there with 5 minutes to spare so we made a dash for the bus and it was empty. Hoorah. We sat at the back and discussed television, sfzero, Ben, Bradwell, school, college, work, computers, ipods, etc. The bus left and I was rather shocked as it didnt go down Gorleston High Street, most buses do, instead it turned off towards Bradwell and made its way past Tom's school and past my college. Past Ben's house, Daryl's house and onwards. Some elderly types got on and a couple and we made our way back to Yarmouth. When we arrived back we had infact gone nowhere and were right back where we started. So we went to a car park for task to be revealed at a later date.

The Secrets of the Number Six

It leaves from Stand D
It doesn't go to Gorleston High Street
It goes within a quater of a mile of the houses of GY0 Daryl, Ben and Adam.
The stop buttons have braille on them
There are 5 handles to hold onto
There are 8 bells
A regular driver on the route is called Graham
The bus has a CCTV camera
An old man ghost inhabits the back of the bus
There is a hatch on the floor which leads to the axle
All the streets around the area where the 6 goes are named after birds
The 6 passes 4 schools and 3 churches
In case of emergency break glass
There is a locked compartment at the back, who knows.
On Sundays the service is funded by Norfolk County Council
The 6B is the only bus service which serves Green Lane
The 6A and 7 are pretty much the same bus
This is the only First bus going south that doesnt go to Gorleston
It is the only circular service in Great Yarmouth