(27 May 2015, 3:35 pm)Tom wrote @Jimmi
Here is something you could do, based on a plan I've made for myself:
#7 0635 Newton Aycliffe to Durham 0713
#X21 0722 Durham to Newcastle 0821
#X15 0833 Newcastle to Berwick 1057
#X18 1207 Berwick to Alnwick Bus Station 1358
#15 1410 Alwnick Bus Station to Rothbury Queens Head 1445
#14 1455 Rothbury Queens Head to Newcastle 1611
This section of route is fantastic, and depending on which run you get, and when, you could be pretty much by yourself, no annoying kids or anything

Although the Sunday journey I get only has a few passengers upstairs, I got the 10.40 from Morpeth to Berwick (13.57), on a Friday in February, and from Alnwick there was me and one other guy upstairs