10 Aug 2015, 5:45 pm
#474
(10 Aug 2015, 4:15 pm)Malarkey I opted not to go up to Peterlee this morning as I knew there was going to be more than 10+ Enthusiasts taking photos in the same place at the same time which I found quite off putting, as everyones photos of each individual vehicle in Peterlee Bus Station would be exactly the same pretty much, for me at the moment in my current mindset is quite boring if im honest, I seem to have lost the enjoyment of going out and taking photos and I dont really have much motivation to go out and do just that at the moment, perhaps after 3 Years of constantly taking photos I think I need a break from this side of the hobby, but on the flipside if I do that I think I might loose interest in that side of the hobby altogether.
There's not really anywhere suitable to stand at Peterlee though, apart from the area as the buses come in and out at the bottom. More than a handful of enthusiasts, and then you're getting in the way of the general public. Like you would be if you're standing outside the doors taking photos.
I'd have not bothered attending, even if I knew enough in advance to juggle my calendar about, to allow me to take time out to go. Like I said above, the idea was good in principal, but the location doesn't work for me. No matter how easy it is to get to.
I wouldn't say I've lost any interest in the hobby. I just don't think that the launches are particularly targeted for the audience that I fit into, hence why I don't bother with them. As much as I'd love to have a 99, whilst having my face painted.
(10 Aug 2015, 4:29 pm)Jimmi Couldn't agree more about Crimdon Dene, it would have provided a much better photo opportunity than Peterlee Bus Station where they will be appearing on services there all the time so it wasn't really a unique photo opportunity at all. It's not the first time either as it was the same for the X66 with the StreetLite's where they had another secret photo shoot. Don't get why they are so secretive, even if they only let us know via this forum it wouldn't attract many people. Back to Peterlee Bus Station was it really best publising that today, Peterlee is awful for photos and then you have all the people hanging around the bus station waiting for their buses which certainly attracted their attention to us and ended up with some of us getting abuse for it which is partly why I briefly ducked out from the bus station at points to get my photos. The reason I never normally bother with GNE events is because it feels like to some extent they don't want us there, and all these secret launches sort of backs up my opinion I feel.
Aye it's a nice setting over at Crimdon Dene. I guess there's a bit of sense in it though, now that you've mentioned the Metro Gnome/X66 photo shoot. I had forgot about that one! I'm thinking, how productive would a photo shoot be, when you've got the usual clowns that this hobby seems to attract pissing about at the same time?
Both the X66 launch and the Peterlee launch have been done a bit different, and managed to attract significant press coverage. The one today in particular, because of the story attached to it. Just because they send a photographer down by no means results in it ending up in the press. Few articles from today:
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/13..._bus_firm/
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...er-9829281
https://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/10-08-2...nvestment/
I still think that having an enthusiast event, even the odd one biennial or something, would go some way to appeasing the massive enthusiast following that GNE has. Given what I've said above, it'd probably need to be in addition to normal launches.
I know I'd touched on people getting abuse at Peterlee in my earlier post, but that was solely based on what you had wrote Jimmi. A number of others that attended seemed to have not attracted any sort of attention, so maybe you're just a bit unlucky with that one?
(10 Aug 2015, 4:38 pm)Transbus574 Many of the Angels NSA either are very quiet or do not talk at all and some of the screens do not work as well on them also noted I was on 5409 on the 28 the other day and it said welcome aboard the. And when pulling into a stop it was saying you are now at. Would be great if the red spare buses with NSA had all the routes programmed in them so when there on a service eg waggonway it would say welcome aboard the waggonway and then read the stops out it would help for visitors to beamish museum I would think as well.
Without pretending to know the ins and outs of an NSA screen, I'd imagine they're simple enough to either work or not work, and perhaps not a system that can develop a huge range of faults. Given that the audio has just been very quiet on 6061 (and one or two other angels - I'll try and note the numbers), I'd hazard a guess that they've in fact just been turned right down, rather than develop a fault. Unacceptable if that's the case.
