Got 3869 on the 50 all the way to South Shields!

(12 Mar 2016, 10:14 am)MrFozz wrote Dont forget the get out clause, if they go down, Rafa will walk

Yeah hopefully it won't come to that though!

(12 Mar 2016, 10:52 am)Jimmi wrote Got 3869 on the 50 all the way to South Shields!

Poor you! They used to be fairly common on the 50 years ago, and they weren't the best back then either.

(12 Mar 2016, 12:42 pm)Adrian wrote Poor you! They used to be fairly common on the 50 years ago, and they weren't the best back then either.

I actually quite my journey on there as it provided the novelty factor of a double decker on that route. Wish there was more legroom at the front though.

I got 6307 on the X21!

(12 Mar 2016, 10:14 am)MrFozz wrote Dont forget the get out clause, if they go down, Rafa will walk

I think the clause is beneficial to both sides, Rafa might not be best suited to the Championship if worst comes to the worst. I doubt NUFC will want to pay as much as they are in wages to a manager in the Championship either.

I'd have been happy with Moyes/Rodgers as rumoured earlier in the week, but I'm absolutely over the moon with Benitez!

(12 Mar 2016, 10:52 am)Jimmi wrote Got 3869 on the 50 all the way to South Shields!

Lucky!

(12 Mar 2016, 12:42 pm)Adrian wrote Poor you! They used to be fairly common on the 50 years ago, and they weren't the best back then either.

I like them.

(12 Mar 2016, 3:34 pm)PNK53 TKT wrote I got 6307 on the X21!

I think I was on that between high level bridge and Chester le street....

Went from riding a Streetdeck last night to a Volvo B5TL and Euro 6 B5LH today, Have to say the Volvo was better but the Streetdeck is not far off it.

Came 2nd (out of 5) in the MLP:CCG tournament in Geek Retreat in Newcastle today despite not playing in a tournament for about 7 months. Additionally, all my decks I've build / rebuilt have been playing well in friendly games too. Get to go to another meet in two weeks as I'm off working for the 3rd Saturday this month (very rare) which is when Season 6 Premieres.

Got this month's bill from O2 today, so I now have mobile data again after hitting my 1GB limit yesterday.

Been a really successful day for photoing.

Managed to get photos of the 3 needed Tridents at Stockton, all were parked up in the depot in a photoable position. Then thanks to an acute vehicle shortage at Stockton, 5 of the 6 Tridents saw use on normal services during the day. Only one that didn't leave the depot was 17026 which was being repaired in the pits.

Also got 4 of the extra Temsa Avenues, and to top it all off the Whitby Park and Ride Gemini made an appearence on the 64A.

Vodafone finally got my new phone to me today! Only a week after they promised me it...

Second time I've been on VTEC and the seat reserved next mine, the person hasn't turned up, result!

EDIT: me and my big mouth, someone has decided to sit next to me at Northallerton!

New tyres on the bike and slime inner tubes fitted ready to cycle to Scotland on April 1st

(19 Mar 2016, 2:16 pm)idiot wrote New tyres on the bike and slime inner tubes fitted ready to cycle to Scotland on April 1st

You doing that for charity?????

I'm currently on 5397 & the power socket's AND WiFi both working!
#result
#miraclescanhappen

(19 Mar 2016, 5:05 pm)Davie wrote I'm currently on 5397 & the power socket's AND WiFi both working!
#result
#miraclescanhappen

It's even better when you get a bus with additional features on a route that doesn't get them features, I've been given MAX 1416 on my 5 home, woo hoo! Free WiFi!

(19 Mar 2016, 5:15 pm)Jimmi wrote It's even better when you get a bus with additional features on a route that doesn't get them features, I've been given MAX 1416 on my 5 home, woo hoo! Free WiFi!

Tell me about it! I had 6067 on the X25 yesterday.

(19 Mar 2016, 5:19 pm)Davie wrote Tell me about it! I had 6067 on the X25 yesterday.

That's why I like 5389 and 5390 on the Q3, as they don't have WiFi stickers so I get the full bandwidth to myself

(19 Mar 2016, 2:54 pm)MrFozz wrote You doing that for charity?????

We were going to but just raised under £5600 in the last two months not intentionally as we weren't expecting it to be that much. With this in mind we decided against going on the 'scrounge' again.

I'm looking forward to the challenge! For those that don't know I do a lot of cycling and even turned up on my bike to whitley bay bus rally last year on it... Quicker than any bus service!

Just bought Major Bus & Coach Fleets North 2016 from ST Publications. Price is £14.00, this is a great book for enthusiasts. It gives basic fleet details of all independent operators in the North of England with 8 vehicles or over.

Well worth a look at.

Charles

(23 Mar 2016, 1:47 pm)Charles41 wrote Just bought Major Bus & Coach Fleets North 2016 from ST Publications. Price is £14.00, this is a great book for enthusiasts. It gives basic fleet details of all independent operators in the North of England with 8 vehicles or over.

Well worth a look at.

Charles

Big'un loves that sort of thing!

A nice trip down to the coast.
A ride on the Shields Ferry.
And coming home to find out Holiday on the Buses is on the telly.

(25 Mar 2016, 3:26 pm)MurdnunoC wrote A nice trip down to the coast.
A ride on the Shields Ferry.
And coming home to find out Holiday on the Buses is on the telly.

Bet it was busy down the coast? It's been a decent day really.

(25 Mar 2016, 4:24 pm)Adrian wrote Bet it was busy down the coast? It's been a decent day really.

I've heard that it's been quite busy at Saltburn today.

Wish I did something in the nice weather today instead of uploading more York photos to my Flickr, although I am off to a gig this evening. Typical the weather is due to be naff the rest of the weekend, possibility of thunder storms on Sunday which will be fun when I'm at Kirkby Stephen.

(25 Mar 2016, 4:24 pm)Adrian wrote Bet it was busy down the coast? It's been a decent day really.

Yes it has been quite pleasant. A lot nicer than predicted I believe.

Tynemouth was quite busy with queues eminating from each of the fish and chips shops located along the front street. While I didn't go down to the beach, they looked busy from the top-deck of the Metro Replacement bus I was on.

The ferry was also more crammed than usual and there were a fair few people out and about in South Shields too.

Been a good day, enjoyed the season Premiere of My Little Pony season 6, then went to the five swans afterwards. It has been a good laugh.

Had a ride on 6022 in the stanley travel fleet the only deckers i need now are R6stx/6019/6020/6024

After 9 hours of non stop bus spotting, I'm getting a Nandos Takeaway