(24 May 2016, 12:33 pm)GMitchelhill wrote

Why the long face?

I missed 39706 on the 11 on its 1st day back after a long vor

I've lost my voice...

(25 May 2016, 4:46 pm)NK53 TKT wrote I've lost my voice...

Have you checked down the side of the sofa?

(25 May 2016, 5:45 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Have you checked down the side of the sofa?

(25 May 2016, 5:45 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Have you checked down the side of the sofa?

I'm wondering if it was another 'bus bourne bug'!

Anyone else's Facebook messenger not working?

I've cleared the cache, history and everything but nothing..............

(25 May 2016, 7:35 pm)Michael wrote Anyone else's Facebook messenger not working?

I've cleared the cache, history and everything but nothing..............

Mine is fine. Try deleting the app and re downloading it should work

(25 May 2016, 7:38 pm)Tom wrote Mine is fine. Try deleting the app and re downloading it should work

Tried it, nothing its the same on the desktop version... -.-

(25 May 2016, 7:42 pm)Michael wrote Tried it, nothing its the same on the desktop version... -.-

Ah right I don't use the desktop version so not sure. Facebook/messenger seems to be down quite a bit recentley though

Have pretty much had a constant headache since Saturday evening

(25 May 2016, 7:00 pm)Andreos1 wrote I'm wondering if it was another 'bus bourne bug'!

8311's fault if it's busbourne

Nearly 2 weeks since the changes and we still have the old timetables up in the village. That's at the stops that even have timetables, of course.

(18 May 2016, 8:55 am)BusLoverMum wrote It's times like this that I'm glad that Littl'un no longer uses a wheelchair/buggy. Vanessa seems to think that she's a 9 stone human rather than a 6 tonne vehicle.

That bus was parked on The Terrace yesterday outside The Bookies, while the Driver was buying plants and putting a bet on

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(24 May 2016, 10:24 am)Jimmi wrote Here's a great way to get new members on a forum, allow people to sign up and then never activate their accounts. Signed up to the forum in question several months ago and they never activated it and even deleted the account after so long, tried signing up again a fortnight ago and still no! I only spent around 20 minutes on the forum the day I signed up but I only intended to occasionally browse said forum as I was only intrested in certain parts of it, I ain't wanting to spend my entire bleeding life on it, do you only allow people with no lives to sign up? If you won't activate my account, why should I bother continuing to sign in if I can't really do anything!

At a brief first read I thought you were on about this forum, was about to play hell with you! :p

(26 May 2016, 2:06 pm)northern156 wrote At a brief first read I thought you were on about this forum, was about to play hell with you!

Haha! Not sure how I'd post that if my NEB account wasn't activated

(26 May 2016, 9:34 am)MrFozz wrote That bus was parked on The Terrace yesterday outside The Bookies, while the Driver was buying plants and putting a bet on

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Highly professional.

Trying to plan my bank holiday journey on the Dalesbus, But the earliest X10 to Stockton arrives 3 mins after the 830 Departs, There's no Arriva Service 7 to Darlo from Durham until 9:32.
So I cant meet it in Darlington either.

Could I chance it at Stockton or should I just get the car or train to Middlesbourgh or Darlington?

(27 May 2016, 6:13 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote Trying to plan my bank holiday journey on the Dalesbus, But the earliest X10 to Stockton arrives 3 mins after the 830 Departs, There's no Arriva Service 7 to Darlo from Durham until 9:32.
So I cant meet it in Darlington either.

Could I chance it at Stockton or should I just get the car or train to Middlesbourgh or Darlington?

Think you'd probably end up just missing the 830 in Stockton especially as I think the two stop at different ends of the High Street. You'd probably have to look into alternative arrangements.

I was thinking of doing Dalesbus one Sunday, unsure when though.

I was thinking of doing this one day:
0945 830 Ingleton (1220)
1230 881 Malham, National Park Centre (1325)
1440 873 Skipton Bus Station (1520)
Then onto York then train back to Darlington.

Another Sunday I would photograph Arriva Yorkshire service 859 and Travellers Choice service 830 arriving at Richmond Market Place at around 12:30.

I was also maybe thinking of doing this one Sunday afternoon:
1420 X26 Darlington - Richmond
1520 859 Ripon Bus Station (1635)
1705 812 York Rail Station (1750)
Then train back to Darlington.

(27 May 2016, 6:33 pm)Jimmi wrote Think you'd probably end up just missing the 830 in Stockton especially as I think the two stop at different ends of the High Street. You'd probably have to look into alternative arrangements.

I was thinking of doing Dalesbus one Sunday, unsure when though.

I was thinking of doing this one day:
0945 830 Ingleton (1220)
1230 881 Malham, National Park Centre (1325)
1440 873 Skipton Bus Station (1520)
Then onto York then train back to Darlington.

Another Sunday I would photograph Arriva Yorkshire service 859 and Travellers Choice service 830 arriving at Richmond Market Place at around 12:30.

I was also maybe thinking of doing this one Sunday afternoon:
1420 X26 Darlington - Richmond
1520 859 Ripon Bus Station (1635)
1705 812 York Rail Station (1750)
Then train back to Darlington.

Sounds good, Though for me the pain is getting from South Tyneside up to Middlesbrough or Stockton ( No buses to Darlington from Durham till 9:45 )

Though all seems to be well as I've just managed to persuade my Dad to give me a lift to Middlesbrough on the Morning, Which just about solves it.

My plan is quite varied and will be tiring!

Saturday : No exact route, Will be based around Chester-Le-Street and Stanley, Though if everything's caught in time I might catch Weardale's 764 from Consett to Tow Law and connect onto a X1 or 46.
Sunday : Rest Day
Monday : Dalesbus, No set route yet though I'm currently planning where to go.
Tuesday : Transdev's " Little Explorers " MPDs which also means another trip to Yorkshire.
Wednesday : Spirit Buses Service 406 to Swarland.
Thursday : Nothing planned yet
and nothing else planned yet for the next few days after that.

Might be subject to change and also extra things to be added in.

(27 May 2016, 6:53 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote Sounds good, Though for me the pain is getting from South Tyneside up to Middlesbrough or Stockton ( No buses to Darlington from Durham till 9:45 )

Though all seems to be well as I've just managed to persuade my Dad to give me a lift to Middlesbrough on the Morning, Which just about solves it.

My plan is quite varied and will be tiring!

Saturday : No exact route, Will be based around Chester-Le-Street and Stanley, Though if everything's caught in time I might catch Weardale's 764 from Consett to Tow Law and connect onto a X1 or 46.
Sunday : Rest Day
Monday : Dalesbus, No set route yet though I'm currently planning where to go.
Tuesday : Transdev's " Little Explorers " MPDs which also means another trip to Yorkshire.
Wednesday : Spirit Buses Service 406 to Swarland.
Thursday : Nothing planned yet
and nothing else planned yet for the next few days after that.

Might be subject to change and also extra things to be added in.

Ah nice, enjoy.

Weardale's 764 is a great route, but I'm sorry to tell you it doesn't run on Saturday's. I've done Tow Law - Consett twice on the 764, got this photo whilst I waited for it the last time in Tow Law: https://flic.kr/p/FBhZqC

I am also on a trip round Yorkshire on Tuesday to get a photo and ride on one of Transdev's "Little Explorers" MPDs plus a number of other things. This is my plan:
0900 72 Northallerton (0952)
1015 70 Ripon Bus Station (1115)
1200 22 Knaresborough (1252)
1312 X1 Harrogate Bus Station (1345)
1355 X70 Wetherby (1415)
1458 770 Harrogate (1531)
1620 36 Ripon Bus Station (1658)
1735 70 Northallerton (1835)
1857 VTEC Darlington (1908)
1945 5A Newton Aycliffe

Tomorrow I will be down on Teesside and East Cleveland getting some photos and rides on the buses, unsure where exactly I will end up, hoping to catch 4512, so if anyone sees it, let me know

(27 May 2016, 7:05 pm)Jimmi wrote Ah nice, enjoy.

Weardale's 764 is a great route, but I'm sorry to tell you it doesn't run on Saturday's. I've done Tow Law - Consett twice on the 764, got this photo whilst I waited for it the last time in Tow Law: https://flic.kr/p/FBhZqC

I am also on a trip round Yorkshire on Tuesday to get a photo and ride on one of Transdev's "Little Explorers" MPDs plus a number of other things. This is my plan:
0900 72 Northallerton (0952)
1015 70 Ripon Bus Station (1115)
1200 22 Knaresborough (1252)
1312 X1 Harrogate Bus Station (1345)
1355 X70 Wetherby (1415)
1458 770 Harrogate (1531)
1620 36 Ripon Bus Station (1658)
1735 70 Northallerton (1835)
1857 VTEC Darlington (1908)
1945 5A Newton Aycliffe

Tomorrow I will be down on Teesside and East Cleveland getting some photos and rides on the buses, unsure where exactly I will end up, hoping to catch 4512, so if anyone sees it, let me know

Wow! That's quite a long day!

Big'un would love to do some of that (he's around the Northallerton area every day, anyhow!) but school holiday weekdays are limited by having littl'un with us. I tried to work out a short route for a Saturday, a while back and ended up with a frustrated headache due to the inconsistency of online timetables. Will have to try again, in time for the summer.

Something has annoyed big'un, today. He's been very short tempered and has drawn pages and pages of street lights. His original obsession. He only draws them when he's stressed, these days. Hopefully, it's just the transition into half term that's bothering him. And hayfever. That always sucks.

We're avoiding the Cleveland area, tomorrow. We passed through, last week, anyhow, but there's an air display, this weekend, expecting to draw big crowds. Not sure how those crowds are going to travel, but it might makes some services very busy.

Bg'un's getting his heair cut, at 10am, so we'll probably head north via CLS/Stanley after that.

Not annoying as such but we don't have a 'couldn't figure it out for ages' thread.

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mjstranspo...6607928914

First's 53155 appeared at the POPS Running Day in Stoke on Sunday sporting the display 'The Optare Pheonix'. What is the Optare Pheonix I've been pondering? An experimental model? A working title for the Solo before production?

Well today I found out 53155 suffered an engine fire had has been extensively repaired and has only just got back out on the road. The depot seemingly have nicknamed it 'The Optare Pheonix' - geddit??!

(27 May 2016, 7:05 pm)Jimmi wrote Ah nice, enjoy.

Weardale's 764 is a great route, but I'm sorry to tell you it doesn't run on Saturday's. I've done Tow Law - Consett twice on the 764, got this photo whilst I waited for it the last time in Tow Law: https://flic.kr/p/FBhZqC

I am also on a trip round Yorkshire on Tuesday to get a photo and ride on one of Transdev's "Little Explorers" MPDs plus a number of other things. This is my plan:
0900 72 Northallerton (0952)
1015 70 Ripon Bus Station (1115)
1200 22 Knaresborough (1252)
1312 X1 Harrogate Bus Station (1345)
1355 X70 Wetherby (1415)
1458 770 Harrogate (1531)
1620 36 Ripon Bus Station (1658)
1735 70 Northallerton (1835)
1857 VTEC Darlington (1908)
1945 5A Newton Aycliffe

Tomorrow I will be down on Teesside and East Cleveland getting some photos and rides on the buses, unsure where exactly I will end up, hoping to catch 4512, so if anyone sees it, let me know

Ah well! Its fine now anyways, I'm heading to Haltwhistle and Carlisle today, With a quick stop in Birdoswald to get a photo of the Tynedale Links Solo there while it layovers.
Don't know whether to get the AD122 or the 681/X81 back to Hexham as both are due around the same time.

Major disruption in Hexham today, Everything is at a standstill.

(28 May 2016, 10:42 am)South Tyne Lad wrote Major disruption in Hexham today, Everything is at a standstill.

It doesn't take much!

Annoyed at having to explain to yet another driver how explorer tickets work. SNE, this time.

Getting sick of seeing stuff about the referendum all over facebook. Wish there was a filter to block it.

And now my internet has gone off. Grrrrr

The google ads which have appeared on the site.

Edit: No idea what happened to the word order there like!

(29 May 2016, 7:54 am)Andreos1 wrote ads which have appeared on the site.The google

Yeah very annoying on my iPad because I don't use tapatalk