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Saturday, 8 November 2025

Saturday, November 8/2025


Pass a bus stop on the way down to the market. Actually we pass this bus stop pretty regularly as it’s just our side of our usual grocery store. The sofa is a new addition though. Looks  attractive enough but one suspects that the primary reason for its placement might be that its owner was unwilling to pay for transport to the dump. 

Looks comfortable and could last for quite a long time in a climate where it seldom rains. The strange thing, though, is that the bus shelter next to it - roof and bench and all - must never get used, at least for the purpose of awaiting buses. It’s not actually on a bus route. You can get a somewhat infrequent dolmuş across the road from it but the route is on a loop at that point. No dolmuş would ever stop in front of the shelter, although it might have been on a route in the past when loops were less popular. A happy spot for waiting for Godot.