Alan Payling questions why some tour drivers end up with itineraries that are totally unsuitable or very difficult for full-size coaches when they visit South Devon and offers some light hearted, though serious advice on places and pitfalls to avoid
“Hello, Alan Payling, can I help you?”
“Yes, I’m a coach driver. Can I pick your brain about a place on my itinerary?”
“Sure, go ahead.”
“Can I get to a place called Grimes Pond with a coach?”
“Where?’”
“Grimes Pond.”
“You don’t mean Grimspound do you? On Dartmoor?”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“Then no, you can’t.”
“Oh dear, the group organiser won’t be very happy. Cheers Alan.”
I get a few of these sorts of calls. Mainly, it appears, when a group organiser is involved. Most of the time, when operators are running their own tours, they organise visits to the familiar and easily accessible cities, towns and resorts in this part of the world. However, when a group organiser rolls up, they want to visit the obscure, the difficult or the inaccessible places that Devon is full of. I sometimes wonder how such places end up on a driver’s itinerary.[…]
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