(10 Nov 2014, 7:15 pm)Marcus wrote Never really rode many Arriva Olympians, to be honest. A handful of ALX400s on the X24, one on a really old Olympian down in Hartlepool for the marina a few years ago, and one on the 64 a while back. Quite disappointed in myself, to be honest, they are fantastic machines!

I've not even done so much about GNE's Olympians. I've rode them dozens of times, but the only fleet numbers I can count on my head are 3821, 3822, 3825, 3830, 3831, 3832 & 3833.

Could it have been one of the ex-GNE Leylands? Think I remember seeing a photo of them down there... They were absolute beasts as well!

I've never been on a GNE Olympian (except 7203/4/5 when they were transferred to Arriva, so technically still not a GNE one as such) but they're all pretty special. In my opinion the Palatine 2 bodywork looks nicer and more modern than some of the current stuff...