(09 Apr 2016, 4:01 pm)Jimmi wrote THINK I'VE BROKE MY CAMERA!!!!!!!!

How? Using it in the rain?

Couldn't find the 202 stop at easington so got the 265 in hetton and my stalker 654 was on

(09 Apr 2016, 4:04 pm)Adrian wrote How? Using it in the rain?

Fortunately it turns out it's fine, don't know what went wrong with it.

Unfortunately me thinking it was broke got me stressed and then things got SO MUCH WORSE, went into Next to try and fix the camera fault but failed then to get out I needed to go up to the next floor which required going up an escalator and for some stupid reason some old people decided it would be a brilliant idea to stand in front of the up escalator so to avoid clashing into I had to shout "MOVE" at them and they continued to stand there but they now looked disgusted with me. Then out of Next and the Arndale I made my way back to the hotel in the pouring rain and thunder, got as far as the coach station but then I managed to get lost and ended up walking round goodness knows where, this really messed with me and got me incredibly stressed and angry it got so bad I actually started to beat myself up and called myself some choice words/names. Eventually found my way back to the hotel soaked head to toe and I am now sat in the hotel annoyed with myself.

I'm totally useless!

(09 Apr 2016, 3:35 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [Bucket]

Well I have one

(09 Apr 2016, 4:58 pm)Jimmi wrote Fortunately it turns out it's fine, don't know what went wrong with it.

Unfortunately me thinking it was broke got me stressed and then things got SO MUCH WORSE, went into Next to try and fix the camera fault but failed then to get out I needed to go up to the next floor which required going up an escalator and for some stupid reason some old people decided it would be a brilliant idea to stand in front of the up escalator so to avoid clashing into I had to shout "MOVE" at them and they continued to stand there but they now looked disgusted with me. Then out of Next and the Arndale I made my way back to the hotel in the pouring rain and thunder, got as far as the coach station but then I managed to get lost and ended up walking round goodness knows where, this really messed with me and got me incredibly stressed and angry it got so bad I actually started to beat myself up and called myself some choice words/names. Eventually found my way back to the hotel soaked head to toe and I am now sat in the hotel annoyed with myself.

I'm totally useless!

Nah

Not useless. I bet the eejitsat the top of the escalator are the sort to walk round IKEA the wrong way. They were outinforce everywhere we went today, too.

(09 Apr 2016, 5:23 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Well I have one

Hope it's not needed.

(09 Apr 2016, 7:48 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Nah

Not useless. I bet the eejitsat the top of the escalator are the sort to walk round IKEA the wrong way. They were outinforce everywhere we went today, too.
Hope it's not needed.

Just thrown up again  
It must've been GNE 6017

(10 Apr 2016, 8:09 am)NK53 TKT wrote Just thrown up again  
It must've been GNE 6017

My money is on an, as of yet, unidentified illness or condition rather than being bus-related 

As someone who has the gift of backing winners in the grand-national, you should heed my mystical, precognitive advice.

(10 Apr 2016, 8:43 am)MurdnunoC wrote My money is on an, as of yet, unidentified illness or condition rather than being bus-related 

As someone who has the gift of backing winners in the grand-national, you should heed my mystical, precognitive advice.

I know, just it's the last bus I had and it was on the X22, there was a weird smell on board

There you go, a photo of loads of Urban 90s to make you feel better NK53TKT


Northumbria Coaches - 25 - NK53TJV - North-East-Independents20030519 by Gary James Mitchelhill, on Flickr

(10 Apr 2016, 1:50 pm)GMitchelhill wrote There you go, a photo of loads of Urban 90s to make you feel better NK53TKT


Northumbria Coaches - 25 - NK53TJV - North-East-Independents20030519 by Gary James Mitchelhill, on Flickr

Thank you, feeling better already

Slept in by around 5 hours for my explorer, so I'm going to have to do that later in the week now.

My new office, now at Quorum. On a plus I no longer need to use the Metro.

I was under the impression the Quorum Express served Quorum...but I missed my stop when it didn't (admittedly I was half asleep reading some Ian Rankin)

Trivial annoyance: The guy whose tackle was clearly so large and delicate that he sat with his legs so wide apart that he blocked half the aisle on the bus, who then had the nerve to mutter when my shopping bags clonked him on the knee as I squeezed past. No way was I going to turn round and apologise for that.

Serious annoyance: The Daily Mail's cynical, disrespectful and intrusive treatment of Louise James, who lost several members of her family in a tragic accident. Private eye picked up on what they did. I hope she sues them. I'm sure there's a few lawyers who would love to represent her pro bono.

(13 Apr 2016, 1:16 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Trivial annoyance: The guy whose tackle was clearly so large and delicate that he sat with his legs so wide apart that he blocked half the aisle on the bus, who then had the nerve to mutter when my shopping bags clonked him on the knee as I squeezed past. No way was I going to turn round and apologise for that.

Serious annoyance: The Daily Mail's cynical, disrespectful and intrusive treatment of Louise James, who lost several members of her family in a tragic accident. Private eye picked up on what they did. I hope she sues them. I'm sure there's a few lawyers who would love to represent her pro bono.

Just read the Daily Mail article you attached and I'm disgusted at how they've tricked her and used it for making money.
Absolute disgrace

(13 Apr 2016, 1:16 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Trivial annoyance: The guy whose tackle was clearly so large and delicate that he sat with his legs so wide apart that he blocked half the aisle on the bus, who then had the nerve to mutter when my shopping bags clonked him on the knee as I squeezed past. No way was I going to turn round and apologise for that.

Serious annoyance: The Daily Mail's cynical, disrespectful and intrusive treatment of Louise James, who lost several members of her family in a tragic accident. Private eye picked up on what they did. I hope she sues them. I'm sure there's a few lawyers who would love to represent her pro bono.

Is there anything that paper won't do to get a story?
Pretty low.

I wonder what sort of regard her fellow journalists hold her in? Both at the Fail and elsewhere?

(13 Apr 2016, 3:08 pm)Andreos1 wrote Is there anything that paper won't do to get a story?
Pretty low.

I wonder what sort of regard her fellow journalists hold her in? Both at the Fail and elsewhere?

Probably patting her on the back and telling her to ignore the meanies.

I found myself quoted in the Daily Maul, this week. Half of what they pass off for journalism online is just pretty much copying and pasting from various forums. Cheap, crap journalism, but at least they're not blagging their way into the house of someone's very recently bereaved and telling lies for a story.

The A171 is closed at Brambles Farm so we are currently stuck in some housing estate and we have barely moved within the last five minutes. Guess I won't be catching the 19:55 Northern service home.

(13 Apr 2016, 6:31 pm)Jimmi wrote The A171 is closed at Brambles Farm so we are currently stuck in some housing estate and we have barely moved within the last five minutes. Guess I won't be catching the 19:55 Northern service home.

Were you ventured today?

(13 Apr 2016, 6:32 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Were you ventured today?

Scarborough. Decided to sample 7416 on the X93. What a mistake that was!

(13 Apr 2016, 6:33 pm)Jimmi wrote Scarborough. Decided to sample 7416 on the X93. What a mistake that was!

Oh!
I think they should've of sent one of the refurbished ones to Redcar

(13 Apr 2016, 6:33 pm)Jimmi wrote Scarborough. Decided to sample 7416 on the X93. What a mistake that was!

What went wrong? Was it not out?

(13 Apr 2016, 6:40 pm)S813 FVK wrote What went wrong? Was it not out?

It was and it was my X93 home as planned, didn't enjoy my ride in though I have to say, it performed okay but it wasn't the most comfortable ride and I was sat at the back upstairs so I can't blame the Urban90's seats for that.

I just caught my train at Middlesbrough which pleased me as I'd getting home an hour later otherwise! The seats on this particular Pacer (142065) are horrid!

The 22 arriving 4 minutes early.

Soggy and still at home.

(16 Apr 2016, 9:15 am)BusLoverMum wrote The 22 arriving 4 minutes early.

Soggy and still at home.

Was going to say complain to Arriva but not likely they'll do anything or even bother replying.

(16 Apr 2016, 9:31 am)Tom wrote Was going to say complain to Arriva but not likely they'll do anything or even bother replying.

I had a grumble on Twitter. Poinless taking it any further.

I'd checked the app 5 minutes before we left. Said it was on time then. I tracked it the rest of the way to Durham and it got earlier and earlier.

(16 Apr 2016, 9:39 am)BusLoverMum wrote I had a grumble on Twitter. Poinless taking it any further.

I'd checked the app 5 minutes before we left. Said it was on time then. I tracked it the rest of the way to Durham and it got earlier and earlier.

I got an 85 recently from Hexham to Newcastle and it left Hexham one minute early and arrived seven minutes early

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(13 Apr 2016, 7:02 pm)Jimmi wrote It was and it was my X93 home as planned, didn't enjoy my ride in though I have to say, it performed okay but it wasn't the most comfortable ride and I was sat at the back upstairs so I can't blame the Urban90's seats for that.

I just caught my train at Middlesbrough which pleased me as I'd getting home an hour later otherwise! The seats on this particular Pacer (142065) are horrid!

I do wish 7416 was at Ashington

82A's are all over, some are going evading Barley Mow and going the way the 82B does, and others are going through Barley Mow.

The one I was on evaded Barley Mow.

I rang customer services and they said it has happened a couple of times today and they will be sending the relevant screenshots to the depot and having the drivers spoken too about the route.

Our travel team at work can't offer corporate Network One anymore (apparently it's stopped?) so now I'm looking at £92 a month for an all zone Network One....

Or I could risk £48 on the Arriva Tyne and Wear ticket which covers the X12 from Birtley and will take me to Quorum, it's a huge jump in price down from Network One, which I do t real,y use outside of work.

Choices!

(17 Apr 2016, 5:22 pm)Ambassador wrote Our travel team at work can't offer corporate Network One anymore (apparently it's stopped?) so now I'm looking at £92 a month for an all zone Network One....

Or I could risk £48 on the Arriva Tyne and Wear ticket which covers the X12 from Birtley and will take me to Quorum, it's a huge jump in price down from Network One, which I do t real,y use outside of work.

Choices!

Network One, it will allow you to go further get the X21 and 21 as opposed to just Arriva and you can get the X63 to Quorum along with the 62, yet you could also use the X7, X8, 52 and the 54 as well to Quorum and also the X12. It can also be used on the metro.

(17 Apr 2016, 5:30 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Network One, it will allow you to go further get the X21 and 21 as opposed to just Arriva and you can get the X63 to Quorum along with the 62, yet you could also use the X7, X8, 52 and the 54 as well to Quorum and also the X12. It can also be used on the metro.

I'm not sure if I could justify spending an additional £44 a month for the greater flexibility this ticket allows.