(07 Sep 2015, 9:52 pm)Jimmi wrote I'm eagerly awaiting for the new X66/X67 timetable to appear as I'd quite like to know if I can still get to/from Middlesbrough as easily as I can now with the X66 going down to half hourly.
Not the biggest fan of Arriva's website.
(08 Sep 2015, 2:20 am)Diamond One wrote The buskers guy in monument metro tries to sing he is the only busker I know as he sings random tunes that have long gone from the radio
(10 Sep 2015, 9:15 am)aureolin wrote Foaming. Spend 1.5 hours getting from Coxhoe to Consett, with the intentions of then catching the 689 to Hexham.
I get to Consett in good time, and the 689 pulls into the stand, with the Hexham destination set. I go to board, only to be told it's not going to Hexham! Despite not being mentioned on the diversions page for this bike race. The driver said that he'll be laying over at Dilston for a couple of hours instead, as he'll not get into Hexham.
What a waste of a morning.
(10 Sep 2015, 4:32 pm)Jimmi wrote Something wrong in Middlesbrough with traffic, currently stuck in traffic outside Aldi on the X66 and we are barely moving.
This happens every bloody time I'm in Middlesbrough after 5pm.
(10 Sep 2015, 4:34 pm)citaro5284 wrote Stagecoach just tweeted that due to an RTA on A19, traffic very heavy in Middlesbrough - might be connected.
(10 Sep 2015, 4:35 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Broken down car on the A19 flyover - backs the traffic right up.Just looked at traffic reports and this is what has been said.
(10 Sep 2015, 4:44 pm)Jimmi wrote Been on the X66 15 minutes now and we've made as far as the Dacia/Renault car showroom.
(10 Sep 2015, 4:56 pm)Jimmi wrote 25 minutes now, still outside the Dacia showroom.
I want no-one complaining about how awful journeys on Omnicity's are, we haven't even done a mile yet and it is bloody boiling on here. I win the worst Omnicity journey ever award!
I am now smacking my head off the handrail in front of me as I've lost the will to live.
EDIT: 30 minutes now.
(10 Sep 2015, 10:28 pm)LeeCalder wrote Recently, I've just not really been bothered to go out and get bus photos.
I've got none of the blue Citaro's, none of the Indigo's etc.
I have however, been going to Central Station though, almost every night purley because it is something to do and I know all of the staff there.
I just need something to get me motivated again!
(10 Sep 2015, 10:28 pm)LeeCalder wrote Recently, I've just not really been bothered to go out and get bus photos.
I've got none of the blue Citaro's, none of the Indigo's etc.
I have however, been going to Central Station though, almost every night purley because it is something to do and I know all of the staff there.
I just need something to get me motivated again!
(10 Sep 2015, 10:28 pm)LeeCalder wrote Recently, I've just not really been bothered to go out and get bus photos.
I've got none of the blue Citaro's, none of the Indigo's etc.
I have however, been going to Central Station though, almost every night purley because it is something to do and I know all of the staff there.
I just need something to get me motivated again!
(11 Sep 2015, 9:39 am)GX03 SVC wrote Does getting a photo of a bus really matter though?Probably not, but I can't seem to help myself, pretty much all of my spare time is riding buses and getting photos. Fortunately with it being the 5A it's not like I have to out of my way to get a photo of an E400 on that working, it just means I'll have to get up a little bit earlier one morning. I'll probably only get the one photo of it though, don't need a million photos of the same odd working, if I get another photo it would only be if I was out at that time of the morning.
(11 Sep 2015, 9:39 am)GX03 SVC wrote Does getting a photo of a bus really matter though?
(11 Sep 2015, 9:50 am)Jimmi wrote Probably not, but I can't seem to help myself, pretty much all of my spare time is riding buses and getting photos. Fortunately with it being the 5A it's not like I have to out of my way to get a photo of an E400 on that working, it just means I'll have to get up a little bit earlier one morning. I'll probably only get the one photo of it though, don't need a million photos of the same odd working, if I get another photo it would only be if I was out at that time of the morning.
(11 Sep 2015, 11:14 am)MurdnunoC wrote You see, this is what I mean about a hobby not being a hobby anymore when it becomes an obsession.
As Tommy states, does it really matter? I could understand if taking photos of buses was a source of income, however, you have stated many times that you question your commitment to the hobby and often express annoyance and discontentment.
Obsessions, on the whole, are not a healthy thing to have.
(11 Sep 2015, 11:25 am)Jimmi wrote I am fearful that this hobby is a crazy obsession at times especially as I don't really gain anything out of it (money, photos being used etc.) much of the time I do enjoy taking photos but somedays it goes wrong and I question myself as to why I am subjecting myself to this. I do feel that I'm going to extreme lengths in this hobby at times especially when things go wrong. I do need to settle down I know but I can't seem to help myself, when I do try I will end up viewing the Arriva Odd Workings thread and there will be a rare working passing through where I live and I can't help but pick up the camera and get myself a photo.