A social encounter with friends saw us making the trip to Wolverhampton yesterday. We elected to avoid the 529 Chav Express, and after a short hop on the 10, caught the 89 from Shelfield, the slower, but less unpleasant option. We bought nbus tickets, as we’ve been caught out by non-NXWM buses before now. The West Midlands is badly in need of either online ticket sales, debit card ticket machines, or an Oystercard equivalent: finding £8.40 in change is a struggle, as is feeding it into the ticket machine.
After a false start trying to find the Lych Gate Tavern, we discovered it right in front of us, and enjoyed a few pints in pleasant company, then went off to old favourite The Posada, before curry at the very pleasant Dilshad. The journey home did involve the 529, as the 89 goes from $deity-knows-where, but things were quiet 🙂
You can catch the 89 from Broad Street outside Aunt Sally’s (Awesome Carribean takeaway)
Yeah, just exactly opposite where you got off.
It starts in Pitt Street (wherever that is) and beware it doesn’t often run to time!