The bus network keeps expanding.

 Well, wouldn't you know.. looks like the people of the bus company has been pretty hard at work again, plotting, planning and preparing to open yet another bus route! 

This one, bus route number 3, will take you to the countrys eastern shoreline and the small coastal community of Sprottenham where you no doubt can encounter many interesting people...

The economy of the area is largely based on fisheries due to it's, well, proximity to the ocean and of course, the fishing grounds of the Kuopian Sea. There is also a little bit of tourism in the area, but it's not very well developed. The town used to be the biggest exporter of peat in the country due to it's vast areas of moors and mires. The peat export went on until the late 1950s before it had to close, as people were mostly using electricity to heat their homes by then. The abandoned peat factory is still located on the outskirts of town on the way to the small settlement of Warenford and the airport. The town also hosts the North Sunderland military base.

The town has a rich sports and cultural life, here exemplified by the local football team, The Sprottenham Totspurs. The team is well known across the country for being one of the top teams of the Simpions League, which is quite an impressive feat of a team from such a small town.

A great example of soem of the cultural life of the town is the all female choir, The Sirens. Here they are performing at the Harbour Square on a nice summers day. The choir has placed second several times in national choir competetions as a female class A choir, so they are no doubt one of the best in the country!

So I suggest you get a ticket and hop on the bus to get a short introduction to one of the households that live in this tiny tight knit community. Get them while they are cheap, I heard the bus company might raise the prices soon!

Some 'bonus' images:

Paper that I used to plan out 'The Sirens' and who they are supposed to be, their roles in the choir and their personality traits. I did a similar one for the football team, but that one is temporarily lost somewhere. 

 

The first blueprint I used to plan the layout of the town of Sprottenham. This was the first town that I made, and I was really meticulous with this one. I even drew out everything in more detail on graph paper afterwards before going into the Create a World tool to begin finishing the job. ;)
 

These papers are pretty old as it is a while ago since I made both the town, the choir and the football team. ;)

PS:

The town of Sprottenham is also inspired by the real life town of Seahouses on the east coast of the real life United Kingdom...