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Mercedes Benz Vario Plaxton Beaver 2 V896 LOH is seen on the Brighton City College shuttle bus on 23rd September, 2010, during three years spent in the Compass Bus fleet. It had been new to Clarksons of South Elmsall.
Excerpt from the Origin of the Compass Rose by Bill Thoen
The compass rose has appeared on charts and maps since the 1300's when the portolan charts first made their appearance. The term "rose" comes from the figure's compass points resembling the petals of the well-known flower.
Originally, this device was used to indicate the directions of the winds (and it was then known as a wind rose), but the 32 points of the compass rose come from the directions of the eight major winds, the eight half-winds and the sixteen quarter-winds.
In the Middle Ages, the names of the winds were commonly known throughout the Mediterranean countries as tramontana (N), greco (NE), levante (E), siroco (SE), ostro (S), libeccio (SW), ponente (W) and maestro (NW). On portolan charts you can see the initials of these winds labeled around the edge as T, G, L, S, O, L, P, and M.
Compass Bus' Dennis Dart SLF 4/Alexander Enviro 200 GX62 CNN which carries the company's corporate livery, is pictured here on Old Steine, Brighton, whilst working service 47 to Brighton Station. 02/08/16
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT and let me know what you think! This tattoo was designed and inked by Jonathan Kellogg of Crucial Tattoo in Salisbury MD.
Delta Connection Embraer ERJ-175LR N609CZ operated by Compass Airlines lands at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport with a flight from Los Angeles. I heard today that the airline is due to cease operations within the next two weeks due to the impact of the current Coronavius outbreak - the world felt a very different place when I took this shot less than two months ago...
compass rose, image found at wicked good art (site now defunct)
caveat on site-- most of them are copyright free there is no guarantee that they all are so they do not recommend using them for commercial purposes.
This is the oldest of a number of buses acquired by Compass Bus from Seaford and District earlier this year. Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer 2 SD05 SEA - originally KX05 KFE - works a service 7 from Worthing Pier on 8th October 2018. In this case, the lack of a destination display is not due to a malfunctioning camera but reflects the true turnout of the vehicle.
Along with many operators across the country, Compass Royston, Stockton-on-Tees, has added a number of PSVAR compliant former National Express Caetano Levante bodied coaches to its fleet.
Volvo B9R FJ11 MLU, seen on a baths contract in Church Road, Stockton last Thursday, 05/03/20, was new to de Courcey, Coventry in June 2011 as fleet number MD10.
Compass Bus' Dennis Dart SLF 4/Alexander Enviro 200 YY15 NHL, which carries the company's corporate livery, is pictured here on Queens Road, Brighton, whilst working service 37 to Bristol Estate. 02/08/16
Compass Bus took over service 32 on 1st June 2015, following previous operator Arriva's decision its financial performance was not good enough - Compass won the resulting Surrey CC tender process.
Four new Enviro200s were acquired for the route - an improvement over the Arriva vehicle offering. However, Compass increased the fares quite a bit, and the service is no longer covered by any real time information systems.
Here, SK15 HBD is seen heading down Somerset Road in Meadvale. The grass and laburnum look somewhat more summery than the equivalent Arriva photo I took a month prior to this!
Somerset Road, Meadvale, Reigate, Surrey.
Recycled map pages, sterling silver, nylon coated steel cable, magnet.
Woven, riveted.
Making this piece was like solving a puzzle game where the words given to me were: movement, compass, circle and way.
Can you see how I connected the dots?
Barton Park, 5th Dec 2012, Noted in Hants & Dorset Trims workshop,due to return to Compass Bus on the 6th Dec 2012.
Brighton & Hove Mercedes Benz 811D Wadham Stringer 359 (G59 BEL) hung around on the South Coast for another year after disposal, briefly finding a home with Compass Travel. Here, we see it in Worthing on 29th November, 2000.
Compass Bus acquired Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer 2 SN56 AXC from Coakley Bus, Motherwell, back in 2009. Today, 30th November, 2018, it was working the 123 service between Newhaven and Lewes.
Compass Bus - Alexander Dennis Enviro 200MMC - YX68 UJY seen on Old Steine, Brighton operating service 37B to Meadowview on July 14th 2021
As some of you know, one of my hobbies is paranormal investigation. My aim is to find strong evidence of the existence of life after death. I have used all sorts of kit, some useful and some not so useful. In an attempt to find a good way to communicate, I have made a compass Ouija. I got the idea when I was at an investigation at Anne of Cleeves house in Lewes. In one room, we appeared to be talking to a ship's captain. In another room, we appeared to be talking to someone who was rather freaked out by our electronic gadgetry, with its flashing LEDs. I wanted to design something that wouldn't look intimidating to someone from a pre-electronic age, that stood some chance of being manipulable, was capable of capturing language-based communication and that was as immune to human influence as possible. So, this. It is built on the principle that "spirits" appear to find it difficult to move physical objects, but can make changes to electromagnetic fields (such as setting off EMF meters). So, they should also be able to manipulate a compass needle, by the same principle. I finally found a large enough compass to be able to see and give us room for manoeuvre. I also needed something that could be sealed, to avoid breeze (this has a clear lid). I will be debuting it on Saturday, so will report back on whether it works. In spite of its size, I am dubious about whether movements will be precise enough to use the letters and numbers, but let's see. I always have the "Yes", "No" responses to fall back on.