tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282370615067424842009-02-23T16:13:58.567-08:00scholesworldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05893887114571751589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028237061506742484.post-67435951340022675482008-05-25T15:35:00.001-07:002008-05-25T16:18:32.936-07:00<a href="http://www.scholesworld.co.uk/charabanc.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.scholesworld.co.uk/charabanc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />When my dad was a lad, his family used to go to the seaside for a day out. The seaside resort they used to go to was Blackpool which is about 60 miles from his home town of Oldham near manchester.<br /><br />The transport they used was called a Charrabanc (like the photo above,does not look very comfortable at all) which was an open topped coach that looked very much like a big car what used to seat about 20 to 30 people.<br />This Charrbanc used to travel at 15 M.P.H. So that means it took 4 hours travelling time to get to blackpool. But between that the Charrabanc used to stop halfway(at Preston) for 2 hours for a break.<br />So this was the timetable.<br />6 hours to get to Blackpool (60miles)<br />2 Hours Stay at Blackpool<br />6 hours to get back from Blackpool (60 miles)<br />That means 14 hours for a 2 hour stay at the seaside.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1028237061506742484-6743595134002267548?l=www.scholesworld.co.uk'/></div>scholesworldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05893887114571751589noreply@blogger.com0