(25 Jan 2015, 9:15 am)leestransportphotos wrote Thanks - If that was directed at is haha
Where's the best spot mate?
(25 Jan 2015, 8:50 am)Kuyoyo wrote I'm out and about for service changes but in a very different city - Sheffield. The city of B9s and E400s. Oh, and Streetlites. For anyone planning a trip to here - I'm very much suggest a trip on the 52 from Hillsborough on both Stagecoach and First - Streetlite and E400Hs going up the biggest hill in Sheffield is a nerve-racking and joyful experience.
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(25 Jan 2015, 11:40 am)tyresmoke wrote See here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/61391443@N02/5615882199/
Some of you may recognise this photo as getting in Buses magazine a few years ago!
It's one of the steepest banks I know of that buses climb, although Sheffield is built on 7 hills to start with.
(25 Jan 2015, 1:39 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Omg it's a DAF.
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(25 Jan 2015, 6:03 pm)aureolin wrote @Malarkey - I would have if you were doing it on Thursday or Friday. At work the rest of the week though.Was thinking of doing it on Friday but its going to be cloudy with sunny spells, whereas tomorrow is going to be like this http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2642607 - hence going tomorrow instead.
(25 Jan 2015, 9:31 pm)Jimmi wrote I originally planned a trip to Scarborough for Saturday to get photos of the X93 MAX B9TL's but there was the possibility of snow showers and the weather seems quite decent tomorrow so instead of doing Sunderland again tomorrow which seemed a bit pointless after going there today I am bringing the Scarborough trip forward to tomorrow.Will see you in Middlesbrough or Guisborough Jimmi.
This is my plan.
Newton Aycliffe - Middlesbrough (routes & times TBC)
0950 5 Middlesbrough - Guisborough.
1047 X93 Guisborough - Scarborough.
1450 X93 Scarborough - Whitby.
1602 4/X4 Whitby - Middlesbrough.
1802 X66 Middlesbrough - Harrowgate Hill
1845 5A Harrowgate Hill - Newton Aycliffe.
This gives me two hours in Scarborough for shots most will probably be just around the town.
(25 Jan 2015, 9:56 pm)Malarkey wrote Will see you in Middlesbrough or Guisborough Jimmi.
(25 Jan 2015, 8:45 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote #21 - Newcastle, Eldon Square to My House - (13:45 --- 14:35) - GNE 6056 - Volvo B5HL/Wright Gemini 2
Ah, an Olympian and a newly repainted bus in one day - time to end it with a lovely long, quiet ride on the 21. We leave Newcastle with only 3 upstairs and about 10 downstairs. We get to Gateshead - 3 people get on. They make the journey unbearable. Uncivilised scruffs. I actually got an inkling, one was an enthusiast - and the other two were his carers...
I got the impression he may have had autism, and I know I've always stood by my rule of autistic people being treated the same - but now I feel different. I know that is wrong, but this...'man-child'...has changed my mind!!
They get on, and runs upstairs, a great big fat twenty odd year old, and starts looking for plug sockets on 6056. He shouts downstairs: 'MAFFEW - THEY DONT HAVE ANY PLUG SOCKETS'...the guy I can only assume is called 'Matthew', gets irritated as they go towards the back, accompanied by a young woman who looked like a scruff. Matthew gets irritated when he finds there are none upstairs, and threatens to get off. He punches the head rests in frustration, and the driver stops short of leaving thinking they were getting off. The woman convinces him to stay, and Matthew notes the fleet number as 'sixty fifty six' - this alone made me think they were enthusiasts. They start shouting about how there are no plug sockets and how they are advertised, and I can hear them through my bloody headphones. I try to relax, but that fat gorilla keeps complaining about how there are no plug sockets.
At Low Fell, the person occupying the front seats get off, and the ape runs down, spilling coke and crisps everywhere...to get them. Matthew and the woman follow him while he sits like a retarded dog...I honestly feel like chucking my lifeless body down the stairs while an Arriva X2 passes. He yells (to his friends who are less than a metre to the side of them) - 'MAFFEW - THERES A SOLAR ON THE X2, LOOK, LOOK!!!'. Matthew: 'Nah mate it's a Pulsar'. Chimp: 'Hew woz a Pulsar Maffew?'. They spend about 5 minutes explaining to him what a Pulsar is....groan...
They get to the Police Station at Chester and the autistic guy starts going on about how he doesn't like the 21 going past here because he's scared of it. Baby. ThetPulsar overtakes us, and he shouts 'MAFFEW - THERES THAT SOLAR AGAIN'...OH MY FUCKING GOD - HE HAS JUST EXPLAINED THAT IT IS A PPPPPULLLLLLSAAAARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
I can't take it any more as we leave Chester - thankfully my stop is only 3-4 minutes towards Durham. Phew! But nonetheless, he sees the Pulsar again...'MAFFEW - LOOK THERES THE SOLAR AGAIN WHATS THE NUMBER'. Matthew: 1452. Ape: 'MAFFEW YOUR WRONG THATS A VOLVO RENOWN'. Matthew: 'Nah mate, it's a Pulsar'. Ape: 'IT USED TO BE ON THE LIME I THINK YOUR LYING'...I just lost it and bailed...
Made the journey thoroughly disgusting - if I ever see them again I'll shove that bottle of coke down his goddamn asophagus!!!
A bad end to and otherwise brilliant day...5/10.
(29 Jan 2015, 5:52 pm)Tom wrote What has happened with your ticket book?
You never seem to buy singles like you did previously.