(04 May 2014, 8:04 am)aureolin wrote Also BBC are now reporting a rain free day.

(04 May 2014, 8:11 am)Tom wrote I'll be heading off at around 10 or 11. Glad it's going to be a rain free day though

(04 May 2014, 8:13 am)aureolin wrote I've been here around and about since before 8. :p the one time of the day you can guarantee seeing all buses in motion.

(04 May 2014, 8:20 am)Dan wrote Rather you than me!

(04 May 2014, 10:12 am)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Recognised a few photographers faces who were standing just on the roundabout when I was heading in earlier on

(04 May 2014, 11:32 am)aureolin wrote Me and Malarkey no doubt? say hello if you're still about.

(04 May 2014, 11:53 am)AdamY wrote I'm back in the house now after being at the event for about an hour or so.

I arrived at the Coach Park at approx 10:30 and, like Andreos, noticed two people taking photographs near the Coach Park roundabout as buses were approaching the venue.

I briefly introduced myself to MarxistaFozzski - correctly deducing it was him as who else would be wearing a Darlington away strip. I would have introduced myself to others but since I have no earthly idea what any of you look like, I couldn't.

Sorry!

(04 May 2014, 12:50 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote I may be in one or two photos though

(04 May 2014, 1:00 pm)Michael wrote Did stagecoach turn up to the event?

(04 May 2014, 1:04 pm)AdamY wrote I don't recall seeing any Stagecoach vehicles there. Arriva had a couple of vehicles there as did Scarlet Band and Kingsleys.

(04 May 2014, 11:32 am)aureolin wrote Me and Malarkey no doubt? say hello if you're still about.

(04 May 2014, 3:48 pm)Tom wrote Problem I have is a don't know what everyone looks like, and I don't want to look like a complete idiot saying hello to someone who I don't even know! Saw Bazza breifly (he was happy to see SAFC on the front of Kingsleys Coaches 109), and a few others who aren't on the forum. A brilliant day!

(04 May 2014, 3:56 pm)Marcus wrote I'm a bit like that. I know what a few of you look like from Flickr photos, but I'd feel like a total buffoon going up to one of you in the middle of a group conversation and saying hello, and then walking away leaving them confused. If I can find a photo of myself on Flickr (there's got to be one of me talking to a driver in Chester) then I'll post a link so NEXT year you all know who I am and I won't feel so awkward .

(04 May 2014, 3:58 pm)Tom wrote I got one of someone talking to a driver in 5245, so not sure if it was you! It was about a 14 year old.

(04 May 2014, 4:04 pm)Marcus wrote If you can link the photo (if it's online), then I'll tell you if it's me or not. I was walking along the front of the vehicles with the driver of 5245 as he was closing all of the doors.

(04 May 2014, 4:11 pm)Tom wrote Was a lad with dark hair and glasses closing all of the doors (not me, as I'm not as tall as him), but he was with two younger people?
And I'll upload the photos later

(04 May 2014, 4:14 pm)Marcus wrote Definatley not me. I was wearing a dark superdry coat with a superdry bag (I'm not a superdry fanatic ) and sort of aimlessly wandering. Saw a few people I recognised, but didn't decide to bother them. I'm scanning Flickr to see if I was captured running out of the way of a photo .

(04 May 2014, 4:15 pm)Tom wrote Well it wasn't you then, but the person I was describing below was he the one opening (not closing! ) all of the doors? (dark hair and glasses, tall)

(04 May 2014, 4:23 pm)Marcus wrote Yes. He was then poking around in the cabs and faffing around with the ticket machines. There was also a couple of young kids running around pushing the buttons and opening the doors. I was quite annoyed to see barely any drivers at their station and just walking around in groups like the Riverside engineers. I even saw one nip into the Metrocentre for a subway!

(04 May 2014, 4:25 pm)Tom wrote He was getting on my nerves. He opened 3833 and I jumped on for a interior photograph and asked him if he had permission to open the doors and he said ''he can do what he wants'', then told me to get off the bus :O

(04 May 2014, 4:28 pm)Marcus wrote I was passing by him and he was staring up at 3833 like a nerd at a maths exam paper saying 'three eight three three still in Go North East colours'. Obviously mustn't have been very knowledgeable as we all know it would have been said 'thirty eight thirty three'. It was mainly him, pratting around like he owned the place. You know those people who trouble others for something then spend like five seconds doing something with it before saying 'I'm bored, I want to move onto the next one'.

(04 May 2014, 4:31 pm)Tom wrote Yeah, it was only him I saw messing around with the doors. After about 12 I didn't see him any more.

(04 May 2014, 4:36 pm)Marcus wrote The only door I opened was 641 and that was after asking the driver in charge of it if that was okay. All I did was look around the interior, sniff the freshness, pick up a few timetables then get off. There were families with young children who the driver's were letting play in the cabs, but that kid was just going through them one by one. I mean, the driver's belongings were in those cabs and he just did as he pleased. I think the reason you didn't see him after 12 was because he'd whizzed through them all and hadn't enjoyed them as much as I had by taking my time. Unfortunatley I saw him over by one of the stalls (David's Diecasts, is it?), picking up neatly stacked models then just placing them in a huge pile without even putting them back

(04 May 2014, 4:39 pm)Tom wrote Yeah, he must have got through them and left
I walked up and down a few times, and stayed for the memorial for Ian Hignett, while Chris Redpath said a few words about him.

Overall, a fantastic day, but shame I didn't meet any more people off the forum.