Complaints about transport

 Dream or Journey

 

Date: 02/04/21	Dream State:SD
Title: Complaints about transport
Summary: I’m flying through London with a free day to spend so I decide to meet up with Teresa, a friend from 30 years ago.  She proposes a day trip to Brighton on the South Coast. We go by bus, a typical suburban bus which will take us about half the way, where we will have to change to another bus for our destination.  Apparently, the trip down goes well and it is a relatively mild and sunny day. On the return journey, T comments that we have really been very lucky as to make this journey and expect that the connections will work has been unusual lately.  Either the bus doesn’t come or is late and then the connecting bus doesn’t turn up.  People are left stranded and frustrated at not being able to continue their trip.  I wonder if she is exaggerating but two different passengers overhear us and come up to reiterate what she is saying. One is a teenage boy in a red track suit and the other a young woman and they say that this breakdown in the transport system is particularly hard on young people who are the ones who most use it.  I check and notice that nearly all the passengers on the bus  are young.  I also become aware that Teresa is in charge of the equipment used in the operating theatres of a major London hospital and I wonder why we are making this trip by bus and not driving by car.
Feelings afterwards? Curiosity
Connections, associations, then and now Haven’t been in touch with my friend for many years, nor been to Britain for about 20 years. A friend mentioned Brighton in a chat a few days ago and I have been reading about the negative consequences of Brexit on Britain recently. Could any of this play out? A trip by me to Britain might happen but is not among my current priorities.
What would I like to know? What does the emphasis on young people with regard to transport refer to?  Why do they want to give me this message? What in my life corresponds to a system where connections are difficult to maintain?
Input from others
Action plan I want to draw the scene on the bus and then re-enter it.
Themes and symbols: Buses, transport system, Brighton, young people
Bumper sticker The system flows