Weather forecast isn't great this for Saturday, so I'm going to stay local this Saturday and do Berwick next Saturday instead. Unsure where to head in the North East though.

(12 Apr 2016, 6:22 pm)Jimmi wrote Thanks for the suggestion but I'd prefer to just bus it back to Newcastle. If I'm feeling adventurous I may even get the 44 back to Newcastle!

44 is definitely worth a ride

Going to Beamish Museum again this weekend for their event by bus so I might try to get the 689 from Consett if I time it right as have been wanting to see what the route is like to go home via Hexham rather than Newcastle as Newcastle United are playing at home this Saturday and want to avoid the football crowds.


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(14 Apr 2016, 4:40 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Going to Beamish Museum again this weekend for their event by bus so I might try to get the 689 from Consett if I time it right as have been wanting to see what the route is like to go home via Hexham rather than Newcastle as Newcastle United are playing at home this Saturday and want to avoid the football crowds.


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We're going to avoid going that way entirely and pop round via Shildon, as I think Locomotion have some vintage buses on display this weekend (we did have the event guide that came with Buses magazine, until someone dropped it in the bath - thankfully, I'd jotted some sketchy details of various things down on the calendar).

Then again. There's nowt on the web site :s

Managed to get a few hours under my belt this afternoon, heading home the long way.

Didn't ride anything exciting or odd. Nor new in terms of routes, but had plenty of experiences. Particularly on one service.

Streetlites. Where do I begin?
I don't like them and after riding a number of different examples with different operators, my opinion isnt likely to change.
I could possibly avoid the seat by the emergency door in future too - as I found out my head is just the wrong height.
The noise and smell from the little old lady passing wind wasn't too pleasant. Even less so when you consider the height/positioning of the seats behind the emergency door.

The habitual nose picker and eaterer in front of me nearly finished me off.

The driver looked as sick as a chip and frequently held his head in his hands, as passengers regularly stopped to ask questions whilst alighting (or even between stops).
The cool breeze whistling through the windows did nothing to lift the aroma left by the little old lady.

I am pleased to say, my other services didn't come close to that and manage to sample Emma Hignett for the first time.
No major issues apart from her announcing the next stop whilst we idled at the traffic lights.
The lights were still on red (and we had yet to move), before she had anounced the next stop - which was about another half a mile down the road.
There were other similar glitches.

Today went well
10:15. Metro 4026 seaburn to south hylton to Sunderland
10:50 northern. 142091 Sunderland to Hartlepool
11:15. 3. 39671. Hartlepool retail shops to hartlepool center
11:40. 7. 34564. Hartlepool centre to hartlepool asda
12:02. Northern 142090*/156443 hartlepool to heworth
12:50,,27. 4920. Heworth to jarrow bus station
13;32. 9. 5157. Jarrow bus station to fulwell grange
15:10. 99 542. Fullwell grange to seaburn morrisons
15:50. E6. 27731 seaburn morrisons to seaburn sainsburys

(16 Apr 2016, 8:58 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote Today went well
10:15.  Metro 4026 seaburn to south hylton to Sunderland
10:50 northern. 142091 Sunderland to Hartlepool
11:15. 3.  39671. Hartlepool retail shops to hartlepool center
11:40. 7. 34564. Hartlepool centre to hartlepool asda
12:02. Northern 142090*/156443 hartlepool to heworth
12:50,,27.  4920. Heworth to jarrow bus station
13;32. 9. 5157. Jarrow bus station to fulwell grange
15:10. 99 542. Fullwell grange to seaburn morrisons
15:50. E6. 27731 seaburn morrisons to seaburn sainsburys

Me and Dan saw you on 5157.

(16 Apr 2016, 9:06 pm)Davie wrote Me and Dan saw you on 5157.

If you don't mind asking where you saw me

(16 Apr 2016, 9:51 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote If you don't mind asking where you saw me

We were on 4907.

(16 Apr 2016, 10:06 pm)Davie wrote We were on 4907.

Oh ok

Here's mine from yesterday

08:45 10B, Prudhoe Front Street - Eldon Square Bus Station (GNE 6082)

Spotted 5218 parked in a layover bay at MetroCentre bus station so got a photo of it while the 10B was at its stop.



09:50 28, Eldon Square Bus Station - Beamish Museum (GNE 4959)

The seats I find on these are uncomfortable for the long ride to Beamish. Once I got to Beamish for their event,I alighted and stayed for around an hour getting photos for my Flickr account as they have a "Horses At War" event this weekend.



12:01 8, Beamish Museum - Stanley Bus Station (GNE 5400)

This was late coming from Sunderland by around 4-5 mins, got a photo of 5406 while waiting which was heading the other way to Sunderland. I was planning on getting the 30 at 12:15 at Stanley to Burnhope as I had plans to visit a friend who lives there, but as the bus was late and as soon as the 8 pulled into its bay at Stanley the 30 pulled out which was 6014 making an appearance on the 30 service. So I had around half an hour to wait so I got a photo 6126 while waiting for the 30.



12:45 30, Stanley Bus Station - Burnhope, Cartwheel (GNE 649)

Got this to Burnhope staying at my friends for around 40 mins before heading to the bus stop. The 13:49 which I was intending to get did not turn up. While waiting coming the other way was 6014 which was "not in service" and an engineer was driving it heading towards the direction of Lanchester and 2 more Venture branded Optare Solo's went past the other way resulting in what should have been a 10 min wait to a 40 min wait.

14:19 30, Burnhope, Cartwheel - Stanley Bus Station (GNE 649 again)

This was around 1-2 mins late to head back to Stanley. When arriving back in Stanley 6122 on the 6 was at its stand and I was intending on getting this to MetroCentre but as the 30 entered its stand the 6 started backing out so i decided to get the V7 which was the next bus to MetroCentre, also getting a photo of 5337.



14:44 V7, Stanley Bus Station - MetroCentre bus station (GNE 3822)

I was expecting this bus as one of the forum members mentioned it was on the V7 coming the other way. The ride quality on this Olympian is atrocious with a lot of rattling and jerking and the seats being the old style bench seats were itchy. I alighted at the MetroCentre and headed to Curry's/PC World in green mall as I had a pay and collect order to pick up from there, then went to M&S for some food shopping. Then went back to the bus station to wait for a 10/10B.

16:06 10B, MetroCentre bus station - Prudhoe Waterworld (GNE 6082 again)

This was quite a quick route back. As the bus didn't stop much. These I personally find have the best seats along with the Red Arrows branded B9's and the Angel branded B9's as they are all the same.






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Here's mine from yesterday. A good day all round - managed to do more than half the day on Stagecoach alone!

Saturday 16th April 2016
27141 0851 685 Haltwhistle Market Place to Eldon Square 0813
19642 0830 X34 Pilgrim Street to Horsley Hill Square 0912
27724 0917 E2 Horsley Hill to Sunderland Park Lane 0949
5395 0954 8 Park Lane to Green Lane 0956
22080 1039 12 Sunderland Holmeside to Silksworth Vicarage Farm Estate 1055
8322 1056 2A Silksworth Vicarage Farm Estate to Sunderland Borough Road 1119
28026 1158 20 Sunderland Holmeside to Pennywell Chester Road Roundabout 1217
28011 1224 16 Hastings Hill Sevenoaks Drive to Sunderland 1247
27726 1257 E2 Park Lane to Horsley Hill Square 1331
19644 1342 X34 Horsley Hill Square to Newcastle Pilgrim Street 1431
22038 1443 X87 Eldon Square to Etal Lane 1458
22033 1509 X88 Etal Lane to Eldon Square 1525
7810 1537 308 Haymarket to North Tyneside Hospital (Rake Lane) 1612
678 1620 80 North Tyneside Hospital (Rake Lane) to North Shields 1630
4059* 4078 1635 138 North Shields to Manors 1652
4055* 4050 1718 135 Manors to Monument 1720
6305 1739 X21 Eldon Square to Gateshead 1751
5293 1754 57 Gateshead to Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1803
5296 1808 57 Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Newcastle New Bridge Street 1824
1482 1847 85 Eldon Square to Hexham Bus Station 1933
22761 1941 685 Hexham Bus Station to Haltwhistle Market Place 2010

(17 Apr 2016, 12:23 pm)northern156 wrote Here's mine from yesterday. A good day all round - managed to do more than half the day on Stagecoach alone!

Saturday 16th April 2016
27141 0851 685 Haltwhistle Market Place to Eldon Square 0813
19642 0830 X34 Pilgrim Street to Horsley Hill Square 0912
27724 0917 E2 Horsley Hill to Sunderland Park Lane 0949
5395 0954 8 Park Lane to Green Lane 0956
22080 1039 12 Sunderland Holmeside to Silksworth Vicarage Farm Estate 1055
8322 1056 2A Silksworth Vicarage Farm Estate to Sunderland Borough Road 1119
28026 1158 20 Sunderland Holmeside to Pennywell Chester Road Roundabout 1217
28011 1224 16 Hastings Hill Sevenoaks Drive to Sunderland 1247
27726 1257 E2 Park Lane to Horsley Hill Square 1331
19644 1342 X34 Horsley Hill Square to Newcastle Pilgrim Street 1431
22038 1443 X87 Eldon Square to Etal Lane 1458
22033 1509 X88 Etal Lane to Eldon Square 1525
7810 1537 308 Haymarket to North Tyneside Hospital (Rake Lane) 1612
678 1620 80 North Tyneside Hospital (Rake Lane) to North Shields 1630
4059* 4078 1635 138 North Shields to Manors 1652
4055* 4050 1718 135 Manors to Monument 1720
6305 1739 X21 Eldon Square to Gateshead 1751
5293 1754 57 Gateshead to Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1803
5296 1808 57 Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Newcastle New Bridge Street 1824
1482 1847 85 Eldon Square to Hexham Bus Station 1933
22761 1941 685 Hexham Bus Station to Haltwhistle Market Place 2010

You didnt go far on 5395

(17 Apr 2016, 1:40 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote You didnt go far on 5395

I know. It was hailing IIRC and I was going to Wetherspoons (The Lambton Worm) for my breakfast...

(17 Apr 2016, 1:41 pm)northern156 wrote I know. It was hailing IIRC and I was going to Wetherspoons (The Lambton Worm) for my breakfast...

Oh ok

Two days on the bounce for me just short ones I'm afraid 

Friday 

1574 -  23 -  Hartlepool Town Centre to Peterlee Bus Station  
1599 -  22 - Peterlee Bus Station  to Sunderland Park Lane 
4019 - M - Park Lane to Gateshead Interchange 
6304 - X21 - Gateshead Interchange to Durham Bus Station 
1599 -  24 - Durham Bus Station to Hartlepool Town Centre  

Saturday 

1422 - 9 - Overfields to Middlesbrough Bus Station 
6044 -  X9 - Middlesbrough Bus Station  to Newcastle Eldon Square 
1775 - 55 - Newcastle Haymarket to Newcastle Haymarket  via Forest Hall
6084 - X10 - Newcastle Eldon Square to Middlesbrough Bus Station 
7601 - X93 - Middlesbrough Bus Station  to Guisborough High 
1559 - 5 - Guisborough High Street to Ormesby Crossroads

(17 Apr 2016, 2:15 pm)Multi21 wrote Two days on the bounce for me just short ones I'm afraid 

Friday 

1574 -  23 -  Hartlepool Town Centre to Peterlee Bus Station  
1599 -  22 - Peterlee Bus Station  to Sunderland Park Lane 
4019 - M - Park Lane to Gateshead Interchange 
6304 - X21 - Gateshead Interchange to Durham Bus Station 
1599 -  24 - Durham Bus Station to Hartlepool Town Centre  

Saturday 

1422 - 9 - Overfields to Middlesbrough Bus Station 
6044 -  X9 - Middlesbrough Bus Station  to Newcastle Eldon Square 
1775 - 55 - Newcastle Haymarket to Newcastle Haymarket  via Forest Hall
6084 - X10 - Newcastle Eldon Square to Middlesbrough Bus Station 
7601 - X93 - Middlesbrough Bus Station  to Guisborough High 
1559 - 5 - Guisborough High Street to Ormesby Crossroads

How can you have 7601?
Another trail bus

(17 Apr 2016, 3:29 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote How can you have 7601?
Another trail bus

The typo police has arrived again. 

Most likely 7401 and he has pressed 6 instead of 4 by accident.

(17 Apr 2016, 3:35 pm)S813 FVK wrote The typo police has arrived again. 

Most likely 7401 and he has pressed 6 instead of 4 by accident.

How do we no that for sure

(17 Apr 2016, 3:29 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote How can you have 7601?
Another trail bus

Pressed 6 instead of 4, my bad! It was a Max Volvo B9 from Whitby nothing special I'm afraid

(17 Apr 2016, 12:23 pm)northern156 wrote Here's mine from yesterday. A good day all round - managed to do more than half the day on Stagecoach alone!

Saturday 16th April 2016
27141 0851 685 Haltwhistle Market Place to Eldon Square 0813
19642 0830 X34 Pilgrim Street to Horsley Hill Square 0912
27724 0917 E2 Horsley Hill to Sunderland Park Lane 0949
5395 0954 8 Park Lane to Green Lane 0956
22080 1039 12 Sunderland Holmeside to Silksworth Vicarage Farm Estate 1055
8322 1056 2A Silksworth Vicarage Farm Estate to Sunderland Borough Road 1119
28026 1158 20 Sunderland Holmeside to Pennywell Chester Road Roundabout 1217
28011 1224 16 Hastings Hill Sevenoaks Drive to Sunderland 1247
27726 1257 E2 Park Lane to Horsley Hill Square 1331
19644 1342 X34 Horsley Hill Square to Newcastle Pilgrim Street 1431
22038 1443 X87 Eldon Square to Etal Lane 1458
22033 1509 X88 Etal Lane to Eldon Square 1525
7810 1537 308 Haymarket to North Tyneside Hospital (Rake Lane) 1612
678 1620 80 North Tyneside Hospital (Rake Lane) to North Shields 1630
4059* 4078 1635 138 North Shields to Manors 1652
4055* 4050 1718 135 Manors to Monument 1720
6305 1739 X21 Eldon Square to Gateshead 1751
5293 1754 57 Gateshead to Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1803
5296 1808 57 Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Newcastle New Bridge Street 1824
1482 1847 85 Eldon Square to Hexham Bus Station 1933
22761 1941 685 Hexham Bus Station to Haltwhistle Market Place 2010

Quite a day then!

(17 Apr 2016, 4:11 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote How do we no that for sure

I think the use of the words "most likely" kind of summed that up.

Mine from yesterday:
Quite short and unplanned:

38 14:21 Westgate Road Stagecoach SNE 19202
14:29 New Bridge Street West

12 14:37 New Bridge Street West SNE 19442
14:44 Byker Metro

18 14:55 Byker Metro SNE 22343
15:28 Forest Hall Shops

63 15:34 Forest Hall Shops SNE 19672
15:45 Killingworth Centre Bus Station

52 15:55 Killingworth Centre Bus Station ANE 1500
16:06 DSS Longbenton


Good short outing the majority being Stagecoach run. Most buses were quite quiet as well with it being a Saturday

Managed to find a bit time last Saturday for a short outing, here are the details:

• Stagecoach Enviro 400 12086 11.17 Service 39 Newcastle Central Library – Byker Shields Road.
• Stagecoach Enviro 400 19154 12.10 Service 63 Chillingham Road – Four Lane Ends
• GNE 6129 East Lancs bodied Omnidekka 12.43 Service 900 Four Lane Ends – Whitley Bay
• GNE 6019 Volvo B7 with Plaxton President bodywork 13.45 Service 900 Whitley Bay – North Shields
• Nexus Spirit of the Tyne 14.30 Shields Ferry
• Stagecoach Enviro 2000 36463 15.10 Service 30 South Shields Bus Station – Harton Nook
• Stagecoach Enviro 400 19642 15.49 Service X34 Harton Nook – Gateshead High Street

Some good and bad things about the trip:

• Lack of organisation at Four Lane Ends
• Some guy shouting abuse at the Nexus staff at Four Lane Ends
• Freezing weather at Whitley Bay
• Nice ride on the ferry over the Tyne
• New camera decided to pack up
• Metro replacements were interesting but busy
• X34 was a good fast journey, prefer this to GNE’s 27 service
• Got a cracking lunch in a little café at Whitley Bay

Verdict, an OK day out, but just do not currently have much spare time to spend on the hobby.

Charles

Had a trip out today to Bishop Auckland for the food festival and back here's the rundown, times are what are on the tickets.

08:28 10 Prudhoe Front Street - Newcastle Eldon Square (GNE 6072)

09: 36 X21 Newcastle Eldon Square - Bishop Auckland Bus Station (GNE 6303)

12:27 X21 Bishop Auckland Bus Station - Durham Bus Station (GNE 6301)

Decided to return home via Consett as managed to time it right to changer buses at Consett.

13:26 15 Durham Bus Station - Consett Bus Station (GNE 3887)

14:21 689 Consett Bus Station - Hexham Bus Station (GNE 650)

This is a very nice route with some nice scenery.

Walked to Tesco Extra for food shopping once in Hexham, got the 74 back to the bus station due to heavy bags.

15:55 74 Hexham Haugh Lane (GNE 667)

First time on one of the new Solo's, seating is one of the most comfortable I have ridden on, and has a nice interior.

16:25 10 Hexham Bus Station - Prudhoe Front Street (GNE 6083)







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(23 Apr 2016, 8:51 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Had a trip out today to Bishop Auckland for the food festival and back here's the rundown, times are what are on the tickets.

08:28 10 Prudhoe Front Street - Newcastle Eldon Square (GNE 6072)

09: 36 X21 Newcastle Eldon Square - Bishop Auckland Bus Station (GNE 6303)

12:27 X21 Bishop Auckland Bus Station - Durham Bus Station (GNE 6301)

Decided to return home via Consett as managed to time it right to changer buses at Consett.

13:26 15 Durham Bus Station - Consett Bus Station (GNE 3887)

14:21 689 Consett Bus Station - Hexham Bus Station (GNE 650)

This is a very nice route with some nice scenery.

Walked to Tesco Extra for food shopping once in Hexham, got the 74 back to the bus station due to heavy bags.

15:55 74 Hexham Haugh Lane (GNE 667)

First time on one of the new Solo's, seating is one of the most comfortable I have ridden on, and has a nice interior.

16:25 10 Hexham Bus Station - Prudhoe Front Street (GNE 6083)







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How was Bishop? It's been bonkers in previous years, by all accounts, but I have a feeling that the hail and snow may have kept some people indoors. We'd originally planned for today to make the trip to Shildon we didn't other with last week, because of lousy weather (more snow!) then go home via Bishop. We got cold and rained on in Darlo, though, so big'un decided we needed to head to teesside. I made the excuse to take the X12 to Newcastle (had considered buying tickets for the GNE X10 that was in, but it was already full by the time we got to the stand) and pick up some more OCC coffee there.

A little (Edit: Very Funny Ha har) summary of our day, since it ended up being not what we'd planned, again! We'd bought Arriva day tickets, which limited our change of plan, somewhat.

Started the day with the ANE 22 into Durham, arriving 10am-sh. Despite all the interworking, it ended up being 1599!

Wanted the 7, next, but ignored the one that was in, as it didn't fit in with what we wanted to do next and I had some stuff to drop off at a charity shop before moving on.

While we waited for the bus we did want, I posted a couple of odd workings that Big'un had noticed - turned out that another forum member posted the same ones at the same time!

Also entertained ourselves trying to imagine what on earth was going on with the 58 that plainly wasn't going anywhere soon. i updated the Scarlet Band thread through the day with that one.

Anyhow, our next chariot was ANE 1516 on the 10:22 7 to Darlington.

Young driver fair flung this around. It felt like what I like about he better Pulsars - great on hills and pretty nippy for such a big bus.

We left that behind at Ferryhill, as we wanted to sample the 8 for the rest of the journey to Darlo, as we'd never done it before. Had a 10 minute wait (wandered around the Coop as it had got too cold to stand around and I'd dressed for a cool Spring day, not the Winter day we actually got) and didn't take notice of the vehicle, when it arrived. It was probably the most rattly Pulsar we'd been on, so not the most enjoyable ride. A fair few characters got on at various points, though. Big'un was a little stressed by this, but I was quite entertained by the group of 3 guys who looked to have fewer teeth between them than my less than perfect set.

The only novel thing about the orute was the Ferryhill-Rushyford section, anyhow. After that, it was pretty much the 21.

To add to the entertainment, a guy got on at Harrowgate Hill who was plainly being weekend dad and spend the final 10 minutes of the journey arguing the toss with someone, on the phone, about meeting him in town and how he'd already told them what to do. I bet his little boy was loving that bonding time with his father (Gosh, I wonder why he's single).

Darlo was cold. We grabbed the prescription M&S sarnies (Salmon and Cukumber for Bigun, Cheese & Onion for me) and made for the loos in Binns. I had to wait a while for a cubicle that was usable, so Big'un eyed up the sparkly cushions while he waited for me.

There were more signs of bits of Darlo being sold off and turned into car parks and leisure complexes with a "Save Our Market" banner hanging from the market hall. Also noticed various dignitaries in full council bling stood outside. It was too cold to stand around and have a nosey. I;m sure I can read about it in the Northern Echo if I sign up and sell my firstborn's soul to them (now there's an idea...)

We were too cold (did i say it was cold?) to hang around until 12:15 for the 1 to Shildon so, after I grabbed a cap to go from 16 Horsemarket and after confusing the driver of the X1, we hopped onto the X66 for an Omnicity fix. Ended up sat rather too close to a guy in need of a wash and some laundry attention, so sarnies stayed in my bag. Hopped off at Stockton, after I'd hatched a plan.

We let the X10 go, as it was full by the time we got there and I wasn't buying extra tickets to be uncomfortable on a boring bus for an hour.

After directing a guy onto a bus to Darlo, we caught a Gemini, just before 1pm, on the X12, which was running a little late and went all the way through to Newcastle. A huge crowd got on at Coxhoe and stayed on all the way to Pity me. I wouldn't have cared or even noticed, but they were gobby and stunk of beer. Meantime, it snowed at Durham bus station (I went out in a t-shirt 2 days ago!) and the Scarlet band E200 was still there, in stand H, 4 hours after it had initially arrived.

it was a relief when smelly gobby gaggle left us i peace, but an older guy, who turned out to have classical music as his ring tone and to be so well spoken as to make me sound rough (I'm not from round here, so people often think I sound "posh") sat in front of us. He munched his way through an entire pack of chocolate chip cookies. When he eventually left us, after a couple of snippy phone conversations about being late, in Low Fell, I had to resist the temptation to point out that he'd forgotten something, as he'd dropped the packet on the floor. I contented himself with not embarrassing my almost teen son by subtly kicking it back towards him when he'd kicked it back, under his seat.

Newcastle was much the same as when we last saw it, a whole week ago. There was an International Market at Monument and a fab band there. i think I recognised a couple of the guys, from a past life, as they've been playing in similar bands for pretty much ever.

Anyhow, we had a browse through John Lewis (did i protest seeming posh, just now?) and made use ot the facilities in there. I popped into Fenwick to look at the cards (Big'un would rather not buy littl'un a birthday card, it turns out) and stock up on Ouseburn Coffee Co coffee. Then walked through the gorund floor and through the International Market and down to central station, where i bought tickets to Durham. I was blown if i was spending another hour on an Arriva Max ANYTHING to get back to Durham!

Big'un grumbled constantly at this plan. We had to wait to get on the train. All the seats were booked. The journey was too short... (wtf?)

Anyhow, loads of the seats booked from Newcastle on the 16:08 TPE to Liverpool Lime Street hadn't been taken, so I managed to get him sat down before we started moving (obviously offering to move for anyone who had found their seat with us in it). He sat there open mouthed at how quickly we were in Birtley (he believed me when I showed him the Morrisons. Sadly, Komatsu isn't quite as impressive as it used to be in the 80s and 90s! The middle aged (Yeah, I know, my age) couple who were stood by the doors got off at CLS - Big'un was too busy admiring the view! Best of all might have been walking along and reaching DBS just after 4:30pm and pointing up to the viaduct and pointing out to big'un that we'd been up there a few minutes ago, on the train!

Bus home was 1518 on the 22, at 16:37 (yeah, mixing my time formats). Big'un crawled up to the back, so I took advantage of the wider than double seats at the front, since it was fairly quiet, even for that time on a Saturday. This one did not compare with 1516. it plodded up Silent Bank, though that might have ben the driver, rather than the vehicle. The one this morning juddered up the hills, which implies some effort being made to make it sail.

It hailed, just after we got home!

So a canny day for you both. I have heard good things about the food festival in the past so hope it was just as good. Aye, you just get sat down on the train and then you are in Durham - its even quicker on VTEC or XC with them not stopping at CLS.

(24 Apr 2016, 7:21 am)citaro5284 wrote So a canny day for you both.  I have heard good things about the food festival in the past so hope it was just as good.  Aye, you just get sat down on the train and then you are in Durham - its even quicker on VTEC or XC with them not stopping at CLS.

I used to commute daily from Newcastle to darlo on the train and was often entertained by tourists' reactions to travelling so high over Durham and CLS. It's the first time big'un had done that stretch, so I knew he'd enjoy it.

I've promised him a trip to Edinburgh in the no too distant future.

I had a short outing on Tuesday during the late afternoon after school to get to my Grandma's:
52 15:08 St Mary's School
15:24 Haymarket ANE 4519

X9 15:30 Eldon Square
15:48 Heworth GNE 6044

82 15:54 Heworth
16:12 Concord GNE 604

85 16:23 Concord
16:39 Washington Galleries GNE 8262

X1 16:49 Washington Galleries
17:25 Eldon Square GNE 6050

74 17:35 Eldon Square
18:10 Darras Hall Edge Hill GNE 635