Where Were You Happiest to Arrive and Why?

For about a year, from February 2007, we put up posters at bus stops in Manchester asking "Where were you happiest to arrive and why?" and inviting people to reply by text message, or read what someone else has written, again by text.

About 2000 people read messages, and 400 sent them in, and these are some of the most memorable:

picadilly is my best, because i found the love of my life there. Ten years strong. By jim of salford.

At ashton new road waiting for a bus to take me home from another one night stand!

Im lonely need company

the 8 to bolton every tuesday night for a couple of pints with the lads to break the working week. Can't beat it!

Happiest to arrive back at the hospital the morning after my little girl had been born :-)

arriving at stepping hill hospital after childline stopped my son from killing himself

getting the bus to the hospital in time to see my brother before he died he was only 19

The 375 terminus at Shiloh Road - it has to be Manchester's loneliest bus terminus, with sweeping moorland views

rail replacement from stockport to sheffield the peaks are gorgeous today in the sunshine

[it takes a lot of good humour and some lovely scenery to write that about the rail replacement bus service!]

And finally, this fantastic piece of Zen philosophy for living:

I am always happiest to arrive somewhere when i am late and it turns out that everyone else is late as well, especially on a sunny day!