On the eleventh of November 2009 you are invited to take part in a pyschogeographical epic. You have a window of eleven hours to complete a circuit of Birmingham’s number eleven bus.
There are rules. But not many:
- Get on the 11C at some point after 11am on 11/11.
- Get off the 11C exactly one circuit later.
- You can get on and off the bus as many times as you like (don’t spend more than an hour off bus at one time).
- Document your journey; photos, film, writing, cross-stitch, knitting, amigurumi, poetry, blog, twitter, however you like.
- Meet up with others as mad as you, if you want.
- Record everything here — or on your own space and link us up.
Get on. Get round. Get off.
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Damn right I’m up for it!
But like last year, I’ll be going the Other Way Round, and will attempt to photograph people at the front of top decks going in the other direction.
Can I just run it? It’s about 26 miles so not a distance I’m unfamiliar with.
Sounds good, better catch the bus back tho’, you’ll be knackered.
I’ll be doing at least one circuit, getting off & on at various points depending on the weather. I’ll be using twitter (where i’m @cybrum) with the #11bus hashtag. Looking for recommendations for interesting places to visit on route, or a good greasy spoon cafe, or pubs.
I have made extensive plans to photograph every other bus stop and it’s surroundings. Full details here:
http://peteashton.com/2009/11/11bus09_-_my_plan/