After the Rush Hour: Chorlton Bus Station 2006

I tried cropping this photo leaving out the back of the second bus but the composition fell apart because there seemed little point just showing half a bus and half a phone box. As it is this early evening shot of Chorlton Bus Station works well, full of flat mundane urban texture as a girl gets on a bright shiny bus perhaps going to meet her Date for a night out in Manchester. Whereas without the sunshine First Group and Arriva buses always look a bit dreary the bolder offerings from Stagecoach like this Alexander AX400 bodied Dennis seem to rekindle that fascination I had for the majesty of the City buses I held as a child. I particularly like the AX series of bodywork and these Manchester buses that ply the same roads I remember as a kid have a special magic for me because in truth my enthusiasm for buses is much more of a personal journey than a serious subject.