(01 May 2014, 7:46 am)AIG20 wrote "Bus Promotes Greener Travel" - Sunderland Echo news article on SNE, relating to "Catch the Bus Week"

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local...-1-6588457

Good luck getting a bus home if you're on lates.

1510 is standing in for a Sapphire example on Service 7 this morning.

(30 Apr 2014, 6:06 pm)Dan wrote The B10BLEs which appear on the 71 (PVR 2) are only allocated when they aren't required on the Lime owing to vehicles being VOR. Although B10BLEs should be allocated to service 71, the first point of call is to ensure that the "Lime" receives these over other vehicle types. Again, as I've already mentioned, imagine a Cadet on the Lime? There's also the issue of the swap needing five vehicles: Chester-le-Street only have four.

I'm positive Go North East would have considered all options and as they've not chosen to go with the ones we've suggested, there must be a reason why that option was considered to be worse than services 67/69.

Actually it is 3 with the 3rd one being spare when am photoing the 71s it has at least 3 vehicles

Had the misfortune to be at an event with work at Copthorne Hotel today. Went for a drink with colleagues at Wetherspoons afterwards.

Noticed a fella at the very top of the Tyne Bridge (and I mean the top)

He seemed to be there for ages.

Then....the poor bugger jumped. He ran and jumped. It was unreal, like a scene from a movie. My heart felt like it stopped, utterly horrific

Don't suppose the poor sod survived

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Coningsby really are a joy to behold.

The sight and sound of WWII planes is tremendous and I am a big fan of what they do.

Their twitter and Facebook pages are worth a follow, with their fb page just sharing a video shot from the rear turret of a Lanc by a Flt Lt. https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hvid...e=535B7221

The Question is in the Thread Title, and it is something that I really fail to Understand is why Enthusiasts Refer to Buses as Females.

Surely there is some form of sense behind this I am sure, but on the flip side a Bus has an Exhaust, which to me would in a jokingly manner indicate it does in fact have a "Penis" and would of course be Male, rather than a "Vagina" in which this case may indicate that it's a Hybrid Electric Bus, which I would then sort of understand, But again on the Flip side of Things as a Bus has an Exhaust but is referred to as a Female, would that not make the Bus a "Tranny", in which I would again be confused by this reference by some Enthusiasts.

Someone please clear this up for me....I can sense this going to be a Great Topic of Conversation now isn't it.

Nexus have at last removed the Stagecoach branded timetables for the Newcastle 33 service from their Travel Centres and Bus Stations. New Nexus Branded timetables for the 33 have now been introduced.

So far so good until you open the timetable and Nexus inform you that the service is operated by Go North East.

Strange that as Kingsleys are operating the 33.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi...ocals.html

Public loo knocks users off their seat and drenches them in water, prompting more than 400 people to sign a petition calling for its replacement

Women are "frightened" to use a town centre public lavatory because the door is likely to swing open while they are perched inside.

An automatic arm that reaches out when it flushes has already knocked one young woman off the toilet seat.

More than 400 people have signed a petition calling on the council to replace the button-operated lavatory in Woking, Surrey.

Irene Watson, chairwoman of Goldsworth Park Community Association, said people were scared to use the loo, which was installed around five years ago after a long campaign for a lavatory in the area.

"The risk of the door opening unexpectedly while it is in use, and the toilet's unisex nature and conspicuous position puts people off visiting it," she said.

"And it has an unpredictable cleaning system - people are frightened of it going into a wash cycle and them not being able to get out.

"I spoke to someone whose daughter ended up being knocked off the loo by some sort of arm which swung out when the wash cycle started, which I presume had water coming out of it.

"She came out soaking wet."

The loo is located next to football matches on nearby pitches, as well as dog walkers, anglers, Woking Model Yacht Club, a boot camp and the Charlotteville Rascals junior cycling club.

"It's very short-sighted not to have a public loo at that location," said Irene, who quickly said closing it down completely was not the answer.

"People will go in the woods, which isn't very salubrious. We really do feel Goldsworth Park is being short-changed.

"But we want a public toilet that people feel is safe to use."

A Woking Borough Council spokesman said: "The existing automatic public toilet has not met park users' needs.

"The contract to provide this toilet has expired. The council intends to consider the future provision of toilet facilities at this location."

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NEBPT have posted further details of the North East Bus and Coach Show for 2014. It can be found at the following link: http://www.nebpt.co.uk/index.asp?pg=3&event=470

It's on Sunday 4th May at the Metro Centre coach park, for anyone looking to attend.