(29 Jul 2014, 7:41 pm)Tom wrote What did you have on the way back?

(02 Aug 2014, 6:40 pm)aureolin wrote Have many decided to get tickets to head up to the Lothian open doors day then?

(02 Aug 2014, 6:40 pm)aureolin wrote Have many decided to get tickets to head up to the Lothian open doors day then?

(06 Aug 2014, 5:23 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Anyone planning on going to the Tram and Transport Rally up by Nissan on Sunday, Thinking I might pop along and see if it's any good.

(06 Aug 2014, 6:02 pm)aureolin wrote I'm in two minds. I've been a bit downbeat about rallies lately, as I've felt it's tended to be the same vehicles turning up event after event. As I can't find a line up for this rally, and it's a fiver in, I'm yet to be convinced.

(06 Aug 2014, 6:02 pm)aureolin wrote I'm in two minds. I've been a bit downbeat about rallies lately, as I've felt it's tended to be the same vehicles turning up event after event. As I can't find a line up for this rally, and it's a fiver in, I'm yet to be convinced.

(06 Aug 2014, 6:07 pm)Dan wrote

Reckon I'll do the news and then find myself somewhere else to go..!

(06 Aug 2014, 6:02 pm)aureolin wrote I'm in two minds. I've been a bit downbeat about rallies lately, as I've felt it's tended to be the same vehicles turning up event after event. As I can't find a line up for this rally, and it's a fiver in, I'm yet to be convinced.

(06 Aug 2014, 7:37 pm)AdamY wrote I forgot this rally was on this Sunday.

I may pop along but the £5 fee might persuade me otherwise. For me, rallies take up about 30-45 mins of my time before I get bored. Unlike other enthusiasts I cannot spend an entire day at this type of event so paying £5 does put me off. However, this is an event which I haven't previously attended (and I have nothing planned for Sunday) so I'll admit it's tempting.

I guess it's up to how I feel on the day!

(09 Aug 2014, 6:08 am)Dan wrote Today:

0651 Metro - Stadium of Light to Heworth - Metrocar 4030
0718 X10 - Heworth to Middlesbrough - GNE 6045
0850 X93 - Middlesbrough to Scarborough - ANE 7491
1215 X93 - Scarborough to Whitby - ANE 4655
1350 X93 - Whitby to Middlesbrough - ANE 4651
1510 X7 - Middlesbrough to Sunderland - GNE 5335
1640 35A - Sunderland to Barnes - GNE 5301
1713 13 - Barnes to City Centre - SNE 28003
1722 9 - City Centre to Newcastle Road - GNE 5159

(09 Aug 2014, 4:33 pm)citaro5284 wrote Certainly getting about Dan if nothing else all 3 main operators used in 1 day.

(09 Aug 2014, 6:08 am)Dan wrote Today:

0651 Metro - Stadium of Light to Heworth - Metrocar 4030
0718 X10 - Heworth to Middlesbrough - GNE 6045
0850 X93 - Middlesbrough to Scarborough - ANE 7491
1215 X93 - Scarborough to Whitby - ANE 4655
1350 X93 - Whitby to Middlesbrough - ANE 4651
1510 X7 - Middlesbrough to Sunderland - GNE 5335
1640 35A - Sunderland to Barnes - GNE 5301
1713 13 - Barnes to City Centre - SNE 28003
1722 9 - City Centre to Newcastle Road - GNE 5159

(09 Aug 2014, 7:30 pm)aureolin wrote How long did you stay in Scarborough for? Get to see much out there?

I'm fancying it myself in two weeks, as I've got a week off for August bank holiday. I'll probably do the X93 too if it's bearable for that length of time.

(09 Aug 2014, 7:43 pm)Dan wrote An hour and a bit; in which time, I took 20 photographs. I could have easily taken more, but I spent about ten minutes waiting for the X93 to pull back out again, five minutes in the station for a toilet break and for a photo, then I went to the shop to get myself something to eat and drink... Was only wanting to catch the new 14-reg E200s, and I managed to get a good photo of one and a not-so-good photo of another.

I keep meaning to go there for longer so I can go to the seafront as I did a couple of years ago on a coach trip, but it's just a pain as I always like to get around as much as possible - with the journey time being so long, so you can't really afford to go there for quite a while and then go to other places too. I'm also notorious for getting bored easily - so try and avoid staying in one place for too long.

(09 Aug 2014, 7:52 pm)Jimmi wrote I'm wondering whether to do a trip to Scarborough or not as its the summer holidays and I'm not really sure I'd want to spend over 2 hours on a bus with screaming children. May go the week the schools go back.

May also go to Whitby when Sapphire is launched on the 5/5A then again for the X3/X3A/X4

(09 Aug 2014, 7:59 pm)aureolin wrote I'm the same. I hate standing around the same places. I might do train there, and bus back via Whitby.

(09 Aug 2014, 8:02 pm)aureolin wrote That's what puts me off. 2 hours plus on a bus. The hour plus on the Durham X1/X2 is bad enough for me usually.

(09 Aug 2014, 8:03 pm)Dan wrote You can usually catch everything in Whitby in half an hour, I find.

You'll see the Coastal E200 on Whitby Town Services, one or two of the 94s, the Park and Ride, an X93, one of the sightseeing buses and a few coaches... That's Whitby in a nutshell, bus-wise.

Summer timetable is a lot better Middlesbrough - Whitby. The Scarborough end is still where the problem lies - none of the buses I saw departed there on time today, with most arriving 10 mins late.

(09 Aug 2014, 8:11 pm)Jimmi wrote Yeah, not a great deal to see in Whitby.

Its Whitby Regatta this weekend so that may have had an affect on services.

(09 Aug 2014, 8:15 pm)Dan wrote It really wasn't that busy this afternoon. Was quite a few coaches coming in and out but the traffic around the train/bus station was no worse than usual.

Couldn't quite work out why Arriva only had one of the two buses out on Park and Ride...

(09 Aug 2014, 10:32 pm)Kuyoyo wrote BIB: So I take it you didn't see the short X93 vehicles working the Park & Ride then, which has been happening regularly recently (considering there's meant to be 3 buses on the P&R now that 211 is there, but in typical Redcar fashion, their view is 211 at Whitby means an extra bus for the main depot rather than the intended 3rd vehicle for the P&R).