Not really a bus outing but this is just a quick review of what buses I rode whilst I was in Blackpool yesterday.
1756 68 Royal Oak - Blackpool Town Centre (Stagecoach - Enviro 400 #19031)
Waited for the first bus heading into Blackpool Town Centre from this stop and this is what turned up first with an ALX400 turning up behind us and I am glad a Stagecoach bus turned up first as the kids waiting at this stop were annoying, as I was getting on this bus one of them saw one of their friends coming and shouted their name really loudly, think this actually caused more damage to my ears than the gig did. Not a great deal to say really as it was not a very long journey although we did get stuck in traffic on the promenade which is pretty standard really but was a fairly nice bus although some of the seats could have done with being re-trimmed though.
2300 Blackpool Town Centre - Old Bridge (Preston Bus - Optare Solo SR #702)
Yeah didn't end up staying out into the early hours of the morning and headed back to the hotel straight after the gig so instead of paying goodness knows how much for a taxi, the bus was the chosen method of transport back to the hotel. Thankfully got to the bus stop just before 11pm and this was waiting further up the road then after about a minutes wait this came down to the stop, pretty friendly driver and there was no-one else on-board until we got to the Central Pier when two young lads jumped on so this was a quiet journey. This was quite a nice little bus from what I remember and was pretty quiet. Got to the bus stop not far from the hotel although much to the drivers annoyance someone pulled onto the bus stop just as he was about to drop us off at that stop and he didn't sound amused.
I took a few photos whilst I was there which will be uploaded to my Flickr this evening.
Might change my mind about what I plan to do as an outing on Saturday as I think the weather isn't going to be as bright and sunny on Saturday so I may do the originally planned Sapphire 5/5A/X3/X4 outing another day and just go wherever I feel like or see what turns up and where.
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