TfL...Grrrr

I went to a housewarming last night in Plaistow. I had not been there for about 5 years so I used Journey Planner on the Mac to plan the journey there. It wasn't complex. 202 bus to Blackheath, 105 bus to Bromley-by-Bow and 2 stops in the District Line.

Coming back I used LJP on the iPhone and this routed me back via Woolwich. It was near midnight so I didn't question the change of route.

I was to take the 473 to Roebourne Way, walk to King George V DLR take the 54 from Woolwich and the 202 again from Blackheath. Fine, but I got a bit confused...

The first bus went through London City Airport. I thought, hang on isn't this the same DLR line as St. George but without the walk?

I checked on my Tube map, but FileMagnet on my iPhone was too slow with the PDF in time for the bus stop, so I had to get off at the next stop and walk back (not too far). Walking up to the platform I noticed passengers coming down; I had just missed a 10 min interval train. Hmm.

At Woolwich it was all building sites; missing bus stops; darkness and no signs! It was a complete wild goose chase trying to find where the 54 was meant to leave from. I eventually found a board hanging upside down telling me to go to stop U. When I got there I found that the last bus had left at 00:06.

Hang on! What??!

It clearly says take the 54, but there was no 54 service at 00:21!

It should have told me to take the 53, which I missed trying to find stop U(seless) or what I eventually got, a 422. When I got to Blackheath, I saw if I could have got there a bit earlier I would have caught the last 202 to me in Catford. I instead just missed a 108 to Lewisham. Another 7 min wait and the 108 got into Lewisham just in time to miss the last 284 to mine.

Aargh!

Then the heavens opened, a cold torrent. 20 mins later 2 buses turned up. I took the less packed 225 to Hither Green and walked back ending up drenched.

Sigh. Hope you had a better weekend!