On Saturday, I had the pleasure of taking the bus from Xemxija to Mellieha to do a spot of shopping at the local supermarket. The buses have been nationalised since the Arriva fiasco, but it is still essentially the same hit and miss service.

Let me put it this way, the service was bearable in one direction, but the busses were so full coming back that after 4 went passed without stopping and one stopped for no reason other than to swear at me, we decided to take a taxi.

Luckily my car is now out of storage, albeit costing me 1000 euros for another year's road tax/circulation fee.