(13 Jul 2015, 9:37 pm)Davie wrote Please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Stagecoach in Cumbria's 76 service stop near by?
Yep that's correct. Stagecoach in Carlisle 76 (for St Ann's Hill). Catch from the city centre, you'll go along a relatively straight road with a large/tall tower-like building on the right and the river on your left. As soon as you see the corner up ahead, ring the bell (pub next to stop called the Redfern Inn). Walk down the little road over the railway bridge then you're there.
Will be interesting to see whether Stagecoach put on any E200s supplementing (or, indeed, replacing) the Optare Solo SRs for the day due to the high patronage the service will get.