The bus arrived and we pile in armed with our bus passes, one in the short list of pensioners' delights - the list containing all the minuses is longer and tends to steadily increase but carpe diem as the Romans were prone to say. We looked around and noticed quite a few rucksacks and walking poles - what a startling marketing achievement they were! and deduced that there were quite a few people off for a walk. (We may be getting older but our minds are still as sharp as sausages!). Smack on time the bus is whisking us away.