(07 Mar 2014, 5:54 pm)Dan wrote Anyone got any plans for tomorrow? We're forecast clouds but I think I'm gonna have to get myself out... This school week has dragged.

(07 Mar 2014, 5:54 pm)Dan wrote Anyone got any plans for tomorrow? We're forecast clouds but I think I'm gonna have to get myself out... This school week has dragged.

(07 Mar 2014, 7:39 pm)Dan wrote Mainly GNE turf tomorrow, but ANE will come in small doses to help me clear some of the "needs", and it'll give me an opportunity to have a look at the new ANE depot at Ashington too...

Sunderland - Gateshead - Wallsend - Cramlington - Ashington - Cobalt Business Park - Newcastle - Gateshead - Durham - Consett - Hexham - Newcastle - Sunderland

(07 Mar 2014, 7:39 pm)Dan wrote Mainly GNE turf tomorrow, but ANE will come in small doses to help me clear some of the "needs", and it'll give me an opportunity to have a look at the new ANE depot at Ashington too...

Sunderland - Gateshead - Wallsend - Cramlington - Ashington - Cobalt Business Park - Newcastle - Gateshead - Durham - Consett - Hexham - Newcastle - Sunderland

(07 Mar 2014, 7:58 pm)tyresmoke wrote You have to be tall to photo over the fence but the majority of the yard is photographable... I struggled today but luckily had a helper

(09 Mar 2014, 12:55 pm)Tom wrote Not sure if this is the right place, but I want to get back my old photos from my laptop.

Do softwares such as ''Undelete Plus'' work?

(09 Mar 2014, 5:33 pm)aureolin wrote Try using something like Recuva if anything. Gets a good write up.

(13 Mar 2014, 7:02 pm)aureolin wrote NEB Calendar also updated.

(13 Mar 2014, 8:46 pm)AdamY wrote Clicking on the above link directs you to a 'no permission to access' page.

EDIT: It must be my account. For some reason I don't have permission to view the NEB Calendar - a resource I never noticed until now.

Would it be possible to allow me to view this please?

(13 Mar 2014, 10:10 pm)aureolin wrote Liam or Dan will probably need to have a look at the permissions when they're about. I posted it as a public event so everyone should be able to see. Can you not see the calendar view at all?

(17 Mar 2014, 10:52 pm)GMitchelhill wrote Today I went up into Holland.

I started off visiting Roosendal. Was suprised to find Veolia running buses, as I thought they pulled out entirely. After failing to get a day ticket for the trains, I decided to get a return to Utrecht.

To get there from Roosendal, I would have to change at Dordrecht. Having last visted here in 2009, I decided to go out to the bus station (which has been completed since my last visit). The majority of Buses running here are providied by Arriva, including some DAF SB200 / Wright Commanders and Scania Omnilinks. Also running around this time around were some Volvo 7700 Hybrids.

Now Utrecht was a good place, very busy bus station. Lots of the new model Mercedes Benz Citaro in rigid and bendy for. But however my main reason for visiting Utrecht was the Triplearcs. Watching these Van Hool newAGG300s snake around the bus station was very fascinating. Plus got photos of the old batch and the new batch.

After Utrecht, I decided to head back in the direction of Rotterdam (to start using the return part of my ticket), and I ended up alighting at Gouda, again local bus services were provided by Arriva, this time using VDL Citea vehicles. After here, I decided to buy a single fare to Den Haag (The Hauge).

At the Hauge, there isn't many bus services with most transport covered by the pretty extensive tramway. What buses they were belonged to HTM Buzz (suspect they've been taken over by QBuzz) and Veolia. Arriva also provided a QLiner service. HTM and Veolia mainly used MAN Lion's City, all of them being powered by CNG.

Onwards to Rotterdam. Again another place I visited in 2009. However in the time since my last visit, the construction works around Rotterdam Centraal have been completed and looks very impressive. Unfortunatley the transport scene is a lot duller. Non of the High Floor Trams were running past Centraal Station and of the buses I saw, all were Mercedes Benz Citaros (exactly the same model as used by GNE).

I decided to head to Zwijndrecht station to watch some trains pass along this busy stretch of line. Then after around 40 minutes, I headed back to Dodrecht, photoed a few more buses and headed back to Roosendal for my train back to Antwerp.

Tomorrow I'm off to the City of Brussels.

(18 Mar 2014, 7:17 am)aureolin wrote Sounds great. Everyone I speak to always speaks highly of Holland. If love to go for non-bus related photography too.

Look forward to seeing the photos.

(18 Mar 2014, 2:26 pm)ADLEnviro wrote Be careful there as an Arriva North East staff pass is not valid on Stagecoach East Midlands services. The only official local agreement with Arriva North East is with Stagecoach North East and Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancs, and this looks like the agreement is only on the 85/685.

(18 Mar 2014, 9:30 pm)Dan wrote April is going to be a busy month for me...

5th April - Trip to Edinburgh
20th April (Easter Sunday) - Kirkby Stephen Bus Rally (Cumbria)
26th April - Leyland Olympians Running Day (Durham)
27th April - 500 Group's Teesside Running Day (The Transporter, Middlesbrough)

And of course, the regular photo sessions on weekends in between!

(18 Mar 2014, 9:32 pm)Tom wrote That's when I go lol.
I'll be staying there for two nights, in the centrally located Premier Inn!

(18 Mar 2014, 9:39 pm)Dan wrote Haha, what a coincidence!

I decided that I had to get myself up to Edinburgh as soon as possible, after seeing the photos of the B5TL/Gemini 3 demonstrator. Have been in touch with a friend who will gladly accompany me, and Stu Montgomery will hopefully be able to find some time to join us at some point too.

End of term had to be the best time to do it, though I fear the rest of the holidays will be very much revision-orientated.

(21 Mar 2014, 10:58 am)aureolin wrote Anyone got any plans for the weekend? I'm off today so on my way through Sunderland at the minute. Maybe head over Newcastle after that. On Saturday I've got a 3+ zones buzzfare to make use of, so looking for something to get the most out of that!

(22 Mar 2014, 8:19 am)Dan wrote I'm out and about on a Get Around today... See below for my journey details so far (will edit throughout the day):

0711 #56 Stadium of Light to Gateshead (0801) - GNE 6097
0815 #X66 Gateshead to Riverside Depot (0822) - GNE 5347
0846 #10 Metrocentre to Hexham (0945) - GNE 6078