(17 Feb 2016, 7:30 pm)Jimmi wrote No.

I think you'll probably come back with a few tales.

(17 Feb 2016, 7:32 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I think you'll probably come back with a few tales.

Aye, probably! Heard it's not the best.

Everytime I've seen The Cribs play at Newcastle there's been people chanting "WAKEFIELD, WAKEFIELD, WAKEFIELD"

(17 Feb 2016, 7:20 pm)Jimmi wrote Planning on heading to WAKEFIELD tomorrow. Should I book the train tickets tonight or just get them at Darlington Railway Station in the morning, will the price be any different?

You can book up to 15 mins in Advance iirc.

(17 Feb 2016, 7:20 pm)Jimmi wrote Planning on heading to WAKEFIELD tomorrow. Should I book the train tickets tonight or just get them at Darlington Railway Station in the morning, will the price be any different?

Split ticketing is the way forward Jimmi.
Told Fozz about it the other week.

£52.10 is the cheapest I have found on CrossCountry. (£34.10 on an off peak return)
£34.10 standard class flexi if you look on Raileasy.

One of the early ones (7.13 or 8.13) south could be a HST working.
I can never remember which one it is.

(17 Feb 2016, 7:29 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Have you ever been to Wakefield before?

Good luck if you haven't!

Been a few times on business and then a mate had the idea of going there on a stag do a few years back.
It was interesting.

(17 Feb 2016, 7:45 pm)Andreos1 wrote Split ticketing is the way forward Jimmi.
Told Fozz about it the other week.

£52.10 is the cheapest I have found on CrossCountry. (£34.10 on an off peak return)
£34.10 standard class flexi if you look on Raileasy.

One of the early ones (7.13 or 8.13) south could be a HST working.
I can never remember which one it is.


Been a few times on business and then a mate had the idea of going there on a stag do a few years back.
It was interesting.

Big issue is the person I'm going with usually just turns up and pays on the day and just goes with the flow and as a result I have zero clue what time the return will be so it'll just be a case of return to the station and get a ticket. Don't even know which station we're getting off at.

(17 Feb 2016, 7:54 pm)Jimmi wrote Big issue is the person I'm going with usually just turns up and pays on the day and just goes with the flow and as a result I have zero clue what time the return will be so it'll just be a case of return to the station and get a ticket. Don't even know which station we're getting off at.

So you're gonna have to get it tomorrow then?

today I ventured a bit further
0943 x36 4975 faber road to sunderland interchange
1004 700 630 sunderland interchange to royal hospital
1015 78 5405 royal hospital to shiney row
1025 4 5363 shiney row to Washington galleries
1052 86 603 Washington gallires to oxclose
1100 85 606 oxclose to Washington gallires
1109 50 5260 Washington to chester le street front street
1132 21 3983 front street to highfield
1139 21 3965 highfield to front street
1145 21 6061 front street to highfield hospital
1149 x22 5201 highfield to front street
1205 50 5259 front street to black horse
1215 21 6059 black horse to front street
1225 21 6056 front street to black horse
1230 702 yj05jwn black horse to north lodge
1240 21 6060 north lodge to front street
1246 8 5396 front street to Washington gallires
1305 x1 6005 Washington to wrekenton
1340 TB10 NJ09KJZ wrekenton to eighton banks
1351 23 kx59goa eighton banks to springwell village
1400 56 6099 springwell village to wrekenton
1411 56 6095 wrekenton to hylton collage
1447 4 39707 hylton collage to faber road
well today was good got rides on independent buses all 3 I haven't travelled upon
chester wasn't very nice missed 2 lolynes 3869/78.
the only good vehciles with chester was 3983 and 5201 buses I rode before
got a photo of 6041 which pleased me also 3965 was a great ride also
I got the wrong 56 by accident but got straight on the right 56 great day

(17 Feb 2016, 7:45 pm)Andreos1 wrote One of the early ones (7.13 or 8.13) south could be a HST working.
I can never remember which one it is.

The 7:13 is a Voyager off Newcastle
The 8:13 is a HST off Edinburgh

Will I be able to get a anytime return ticket for Wakefield from Darlington Railway Station? Need to know ASAP.

(18 Feb 2016, 8:08 am)Jimmi wrote Will I be able to get a anytime return ticket for Wakefield from Darlington Railway Station? Need to know ASAP.

Yes.

(18 Feb 2016, 8:13 am)DanPicken wrote Yes.

Thanks!

(17 Feb 2016, 8:30 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote today I ventured a bit further
0943 x36 4975 faber road to sunderland interchange
1004 700 630 sunderland interchange to royal hospital
1015 78 5405 royal hospital to shiney row
1025 4 5363 shiney row to Washington galleries
1052 86 603 Washington gallires to oxclose
1100 85 606 oxclose to Washington gallires
1109 50 5260 Washington to chester le street front street
1132 21 3983 front street to highfield
1139 21 3965 highfield to front street
1145 21 6061 front street to highfield hospital
1149 x22 5201 highfield to front street
1205 50 5259 front street to black horse
1215 21 6059 black horse to front street
1225 21 6056 front street to black horse
1230 702 yj05jwn black horse to north lodge
1240 21 6060 north lodge to front street
1246 8 5396 front street to Washington gallires
1305 x1 6005 Washington to wrekenton
1340 TB10 NJ09KJZ wrekenton to eighton banks
1351 23 kx59goa eighton banks to springwell village
1400 56 6099 springwell village to wrekenton
1411 56 6095 wrekenton to hylton collage
1447 4 39707  hylton collage to faber road
well today was good got rides on independent buses all 3 I haven't travelled upon
chester wasn't very nice missed 2 lolynes 3869/78.
the only good vehciles with chester was 3983 and 5201 buses I rode before
got a photo of 6041 which pleased me also 3965 was a great ride also
I got the wrong 56 by accident but got straight on the right 56 great day

Is there a reason why you just went up and down Chester-le-Street for most of the day?

(18 Feb 2016, 9:43 am)Jackamcardle wrote Is there a reason why you just went up and down Chester-le-Street for most of the day?

You don't know him very well do you?

(18 Feb 2016, 9:43 am)Jackamcardle wrote Is there a reason why you just went up and down Chester-le-Street for most of the day?

Well just out of boardem it's not against the law

(18 Feb 2016, 10:29 am)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Well just out of boardem it's not against the law

It's not against the law, you're right.

However, I don't see how doing the same set of repetitive journeys across across a relatively small area can alleviate anyones sense of boredom.

Am I missing something here?

(18 Feb 2016, 3:28 pm)MurdnunoC wrote It's not against the law, you're right.

However, I don't see how doing the same set of repetitive journeys across across a relatively small area can alleviate anyones sense of boredom.

Am I missing something here?

I just done what I so .

(18 Feb 2016, 3:33 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote I just done what I so .

So I what done just I?

Makes just as much sense?

(18 Feb 2016, 3:38 pm)MurdnunoC wrote So I what done just I?

Makes just as much sense?

It doesn't I can't understand what you have put

I just can't find that type of thing interesting, like I couldn't spend all day outside of Eldon Square Bus Station, like 'you know who'...

(18 Feb 2016, 3:55 pm)Jackamcardle wrote I just can't find that type of thing interesting, like I couldn't spend all day outside of Eldon Square Bus Station, like 'you know who'...

Well different strokes for different folks. What one person finds interesting another may not. As a group we shouldn't be too quick to judge; most people would see bus enthusiasm in general as perculiar!

(18 Feb 2016, 3:28 pm)MurdnunoC wrote It's not against the law, you're right.

However, I don't see how doing the same set of repetitive journeys across across a relatively small area can alleviate anyones sense of boredom.

Am I missing something here?

I think you're missing the post where he mentioned that he didn't have enough money to travel further afield.

(18 Feb 2016, 4:30 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I think you're missing the post where he mentioned that he didn't have enough money to travel further afield.

That was about planning todays outing though, rather than yesterdays.

(18 Feb 2016, 5:12 pm)S813 FVK wrote That was about planning todays outing though, rather than yesterdays.

I think it might have been safe to assume insufficient funds for an explorer, that day, too.

I don't find biglugs' journeys all that scintillating but, as already mentioned, I'm sure we all do things that wouldn't interest other people.

(18 Feb 2016, 5:33 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I think it might have been safe to assume insufficient funds for an explorer, that day, too.

I don't find biglugs' journeys all that scintillating but, as already mentioned, I'm sure we all do things that wouldn't interest other people.

It is your decision to decide what to read.

I sometimes find bus journeys a unique place to think, can wander off more than at home. I've often stayed on past my stop just to continue my train of thought!

When I lived in Manchester I could easily waste an hour or so going up and down Oxford Road on Magic Bus just having a ponder.

since I cant travel 2 stops then be judged im only sharing the route and fleet today
36088 4
4909 36
yj64dyw 73
5208 60
36964 10
36085 4
28002 16
4061 metro
4012 metro
142015 northern
8263 82
4935 4
yj64DYU 37/73
6087 56
573 99
5306 35
4011 metro
5204 20A
39708 4
5206 X35
6086 X35
a good day I luckily scored a ride on 4935 a bus I never see in use with Washington

(18 Feb 2016, 5:41 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote It is your decision to decide what to read.

Not when I've got someone reading with me

Don't take it as an attack from me, anyhow. You might have noticed my emphasis on us all having our own reasons for doing what we do. Those reasons may be financial, personal or whatever.

(18 Feb 2016, 7:17 pm)James101 wrote I sometimes find bus journeys a unique place to think, can wander off more than at home. I've often stayed on past my stop just to continue my train of thought!

When I lived in Manchester I could easily waste an hour or so going up and down Oxford Road on Magic Bus just having a ponder.

If I miss my stop, I've got a steep uphill walk

I sometimes take work out to do on the bus, or a list of people I need to email, but usually, I just piddle about on t'Internet. Occasionally, I'm forced by being around Wynyard in the middle of nowhere to do something radical, like look out of the window.

(18 Feb 2016, 8:25 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote since I cant travel 2 stops then be judged im only sharing the route and fleet today
36088 4
4909 36
yj64dyw 73
5208 60
36964 10
36085 4
28002 16
4061 metro
4012 metro
142015 northern
8263 82
4935 4
yj64DYU 37/73
6087 56
573 99
5306 35
4011 metro
5204 20A
39708 4
5206 X35
6086 X35
a good day I luckily scored a ride on 4935 a bus I never see in use with Washington

Just spent the last few minutes trying to guess your day out by the services you trvalled on. I'm guessing Sunderland, Washinton and Heworth area.

Charles

(18 Feb 2016, 8:25 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote since I cant travel 2 stops then be judged im only sharing the route and fleet today
36088 4
4909 36
yj64dyw 73
5208 60
36964 10
36085 4
28002 16
4061 metro
4012 metro
142015 northern
8263 82
4935 4
yj64DYU 37/73
6087 56
573 99
5306 35
4011 metro
5204 20A
39708 4
5206 X35
6086 X35
a good day I luckily scored a ride on 4935 a bus I never see in use with Washington

(19 Feb 2016, 1:36 pm)Charles41 wrote Just spent the last few minutes trying to guess your day out by the services you trvalled on. I'm guessing Sunderland, Washinton and Heworth area.

Charles

Northern Rail to Heworth - 82 to Concord - 4 to Galls - 37 to Concord - 73 to Sunderland Estates - 56 to Southwick.

Got to be close with that little section