Author Archives: Jon Bounds

Jigar Patel’s 11-11-11 ‘09

The MA Social Media students on the bus.

Hashbrum

Caroline Beavon caught us with me very early in the morning, and recorded this for #brum.

Tweets on the bus – 11-11-11 ‘09

Replay a snapshot of the 11 bus extravaganza – via the medium of Twitter:
11 bus tweets

Thomas Parker’s 11-11-11 ‘09

Tom took a trip on “the peasant wagon”, from Witton, to erm, Witton. And concludes.

“If you ever find yourself with nothing to do, get on a bus, a train, in your car, and head somewhere you’ve never been before – even if somewhere is nowhere in particular.”

Richard Brown’s 11-11-11 ‘09

Richard took many photos, see them all here.

Stop, Carry on

Pete Ashton is mad. In a very good, very clean, very ‘11′ way. He’s taking 11/11 as an opportunity to photograph 70 bus stops — that’s every other one (clockwise). Here’s his plan:

The plan, then, is to travel around the Outer Circle by bus only (no walking) visiting every other bus stop along the route. I [...]

Twolysses

“When Bloom discovers that Stephen Dedalus is living in the city, the two arrange to meet on the Number 11 Outer Circle tram so the “Bull Ring Befriending Bard” can take him on a guided tour of the city’s key residential areas, even though most of them are still fields. Unfortunately, Bloom boards a number [...]

Get the bus

An 11 bus based short story…
Three don’t come along all at once, we’re never late, we’re never early. We never stop, we pause but we don’t stop. It’s cheaper that way, most repairs can be completed without stopping – dangerous but better than the alternative.
You could automate this, but what’s the point? A job’s a [...]

Are you 11A or 11C

Either way you’ll want one of these badges, or both, or a number of both. 50p each (plus p+p, should be no more than 50p for small numbers) is what they’ll cost ‘ya. Email us with your order & we’ll send you an secure paypal payment link

A circuit that’ll take 365 days

This barmy, barmy, man has made a number 11 bus calendar.

Photos here are tagged 111111c on Flickr.
Outer Circle Bus Stops 67 Outer Circle Bus Stops 68