(10 Oct 2013, 9:58 am)VolvoMarkII wrote Amen.
The 43 has had reliability issues for a few years.
Previous holders of commercial positions at Arriva never managed to sort it out either.
Couldn't agree more, but I do recall a spell after the Morpeth roadworks finished when the reliability did improve - did you use the route on a regular basis Volvo Mark II ?