It will have been quite obvious to all of you that the last 3 years have been a particularly fraught time for me with no updates year on year.
This was not what I had intended but work pressures sometimes come to the fore and hobbies have to take a backseat.
Fortunately, in the grand scheme of things, not much has happened since the introduction of the new 'red buses' and the relaxation of Covid restrictions.
There have been rare occasions where substitute buses based in Norwich have made emergency appearances on the XL services, indeed this happened as recently as last week, but overall such substitutions are very rare.
So the time has come to retire from the blog, in much the same way that I retired from my working life last month. I can't complain about the help I have received from First Group over the years as they have been most appeciative of my efforts at reporting the service and I've made a lot of good friends. Too many to mention all in fact, but I must say Chris Speed has been influential and Zak Nelson has always been an inspiration to me with his enthusiasm for all things First.
Time for someone else to take up the baton maybe ? Well we will see, but in the meantime, you can still follow the fortunes of the Xl service by joining the First Eastern Counties group on Facebook.
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