North East Buses

I'm off to Tamworth for skiing and Birmingham for the Gadget Show Live

(30 Mar 2016, 6:25 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote [ -> ]After 9 hours of non stop bus spotting, I'm getting a Nandos Takeaway

Amatur , try bus spotting for 36 hours straight.

After a last-minute change of plan, a very enjoyable day in Scarborough (rather than Metro Replacements). Doing touristy things as well as spotting. Plus getting the Olympus there and now back again.

(02 Apr 2016, 5:35 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]After a last-minute change of plan, a very enjoyable day in Scarborough (rather than Metro Replacements). Doing touristy things as well as spotting. Plus getting the Olympus there and now back again.

I hope the weather was better down there than up here. We postponed plans to go to Hexham, as it was just so dark and damp.

I've had a pretty enjoyable day out round the Hull area on a bus tour. Volvo B10M/Alexander PS K785DAO provided us with haulage for some of the day. Highlight of the day was the bus having a singalong to The Jam - Town Called Malice and The Monkees - I'm a Believer [emoji1]

Now travelling on Virgin Trains East Coast back to Darlington.

(02 Apr 2016, 6:47 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]I've had a pretty enjoyable day out round the Hull area on a bus tour. Volvo B10M/Alexander PS K785DAO provided us with haulage for some of the day. Highlight of the day was the bus having a singalong to The Jam - Town Called Malice and The Monkees - I'm a Believer [emoji1]

Now travelling on Virgin Trains East Coast back to Darlington.

The singalongs continued on the train as it had some drunk footie fans on. "Sweet Caroline" featured [emoji1]

(02 Apr 2016, 6:47 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]I've had a pretty enjoyable day out round the Hull area on a bus tour. Volvo B10M/Alexander PS K785DAO provided us with haulage for some of the day. Highlight of the day was the bus having a singalong to The Jam - Town Called Malice and The Monkees - I'm a Believer [emoji1]

Now travelling on Virgin Trains East Coast back to Darlington.

Though I didn't travel as far as you, Ive had a good day in Northumbria today despite the dull weather.
Ive now got a headache off sitting on the back of a vibrating MPD! one of Blyth's ones cant remember the fleetnumber.

(02 Apr 2016, 6:47 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]I've had a pretty enjoyable day out round the Hull area on a bus tour. Volvo B10M/Alexander PS K785DAO provided us with haulage for some of the day. Highlight of the day was the bus having a singalong to The Jam - Town Called Malice and The Monkees - I'm a Believer [emoji1]

The bus that provided me with transport for part of the day.
Preserved: K785DAO by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

More photos from this tour will be uploaded to my Flickr tomorrow evening. I'll post a link in the Flickr Accounts thread when they are online.

(02 Apr 2016, 8:33 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]The bus that provided me with transport for part of the day.
Preserved: K785DAO by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

More photos from this tour will be uploaded to my Flickr tomorrow evening. I'll post a link in the Flickr Accounts thread when they are online.

You're going to have to put me out of my misery regarding where that pic was taken, because I can't place it!

(02 Apr 2016, 6:40 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]I hope the weather was better down there than up here. We postponed plans to go to Hexham, as it was just so dark and damp.

Rain until 2 this afternoon then bar ten minutes where it looked like it might have started again, dry all afternoon with the sun appearing on and off.

(02 Apr 2016, 8:38 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]Rain until 2 this afternoon then bar ten minutes where it looked like it might have started again, dry all afternoon with the sun appearing on and off.

Slightly better, then. We never saw the sun.

(02 Apr 2016, 8:35 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]You're going to have to put me out of my misery regarding where that pic was taken, because I can't place it!

I don't know Hull as well as you, but that looks like it is in York. Behind the Station Hotel.

(02 Apr 2016, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]I don't know Hull as well as you, but that looks like it is in York. Behind the Station Hotel.

Yep, it's York! Leeman Road, which is just around from The Royal York Hotel which is a short walk away from the rail station.

Got the train to Darlington then boarded this here in York then we headed on towards Hull on this.

(02 Apr 2016, 8:49 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Yep, it's York! Leeman Road, which is just around from The Royal York Hotel which is a short walk away from the rail station.

Got the train to Darlington then boarded this here in York then we headed on towards Hull on this.

We need the guess the location game back!
I'm on a roll.

Never stopped in that hotel, but been there for a few conferences.
Seems a nice place.

(02 Apr 2016, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]I don't know Hull as well as you, but that looks like it is in York. Behind the Station Hotel.

(02 Apr 2016, 8:49 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Yep, it's York! Leeman Road, which is just around from The Royal York Hotel which is a short walk away from the rail station.

Got the train to Darlington then boarded this here in York then we headed on towards Hull on this.

Explains why it looked like nothing I could recognise in Hull!

(02 Apr 2016, 5:35 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]After a last-minute change of plan, a very enjoyable day in Scarborough (rather than Metro Replacements). Doing touristy things as well as spotting. Plus getting the Olympus there and now back again.

How did you find the Olympus?

I've completed my cycle. Last day was done with a major knee injury but im not a quitter.

Looking back in hindsight I think everyone was right - I should of gone to hospital!

But 200 mile done over 3 days climbing over 6850 feet and burning over 9500 calories im so proud of myself.

Couldn't of done it without a bag of frozen sweetcorn!

(03 Apr 2016, 11:23 pm)idiot wrote [ -> ]I've completed my cycle. Last day was done with a major knee injury but im not a quitter.

Looking back in hindsight I think everyone was right - I should of gone to hospital!

But 200 mile done over 3 days climbing over 6850 feet and burning over 9500 calories im so proud of myself.

Couldn't of done it without a bag of frozen sweetcorn!

Congratulations!

(03 Apr 2016, 11:23 pm)idiot wrote [ -> ]I've completed my cycle. Last day was done with a major knee injury but im not a quitter.

Looking back in hindsight I think everyone was right - I should of gone to hospital!

But 200 mile done over 3 days climbing over 6850 feet and burning over 9500 calories im so proud of myself.

Couldn't of done it without a bag of frozen sweetcorn!

Well done

I passed Maths

(06 Apr 2016, 6:27 pm)Davie wrote [ -> ]I passed Maths

Without a calculator or looking on Google, what's the square root of 144?

Congratulations.

(06 Apr 2016, 6:30 pm)MurdnunoC wrote [ -> ]Without a calculator or looking on Google, what's the square root of 144?

Congratulations.

No idea on that one.

Cheers anyway.

(06 Apr 2016, 6:32 pm)Davie wrote [ -> ]No idea on that one.

Cheers anyway.

Square root of 1?

(06 Apr 2016, 6:27 pm)Davie wrote [ -> ]I passed Maths

Well done.

I'm now arguing about maths with big'un. I've blown his mind discussing multiplying a negative number by another negative. He's so screwed when I tell him about imaginary numbers

(06 Apr 2016, 7:07 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Well done.

I'm now arguing about maths with big'un. I've blown his mind discussing multiplying a negative number by another negative. He's so screwed when I tell him about imaginary numbers

Good thing about imaginary numbers is that you can just make them up as you go along. 

(06 Apr 2016, 7:21 pm)MurdnunoC wrote [ -> ]Good thing about imaginary numbers is that you can just make them up as you go along. 

They're the fairies of the number world.

Finally got to see Muse live tonight, at Manchester Arena.


Managed to get a T-shirt for tonight's gig although I was very lucky to get the one I did as it seemed to be the last one available to buy, fortunately for once it was in my size!

Got a ride on 1771 now only 34550/64 to get rides on now

Glad we held off on the 689, last week as it was beautiful, today and the fields were full of baby lambs [yum]

Took my youngest niece across to Morecambe for her first HUFC away game. She's absolutely loved it as we won 5-2 and the weathers been fairly decent all day