The words "replacement bus service" are calculated to plunge a commuter into deep despondency. However, the 7.07am bus on Saturday, November 10 - an express - exceeded all presentiments.

When two circuits of the Seven Dials roundabout were required merely to find Dyke Road, we knew we were in big trouble ...

Unfamiliar with the way.

The road to Haywards Heath.

Way off the beaten track.

Suffice to say, at long, long last

We reached our destination

In abject desperation:

Who knows the b***** route.

-Paul Weston, Brighton