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November 27, 2007
1500 children on 30 coaches
Not that this is of interest to anyone outside of my family and friends but I thought it was noteworthy.
Yesterday, the school our children go to set off on their annual school outing. This time to Wolfsburg to the AutoStadt. Now, the original idea was to put the 1500 kids (with teachers and various parents) on a train and move them from Paderborn to Wolfsburg (about 1 1/2 hrs away). For various reasons this didn't work out and the school had to re-organize the outing and put the kids on 30 coaches. Now, finding 30 coaches in the first place was hard enough here in Paderborn, but the logistics of getting the 1500 kids onto 30 coaches at 7:30 in the morning was a feat in itself. Not to mention getting 30 coaches into a convoy on the Autobahn in some sort of orderly fashion.
By chance I was driving back up the Autobahn on the other side when the convoy of coaches was returning yesterday evening - a sight I don't think I'll forget that quickly.
Here's the TV report that aired last night.
Posted by Matthew at November 27, 2007 04:40 PM
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It seems crazy that DB didn't want the business, but it's a little mad that the whole school goes on an outing on the same day, UK schools tend to only have one class or year group on an outing.
Posted by: Jim Hughes at November 29, 2007 03:47 PM