1790 was on the 35A yesterday. Can someone remind me why there is 3 StreetLites and 3 ALX400s on the running boards? Overcrowding? Busy service?

I paid the child return fare, basically to stand for most of the outward journey, at Pegswood (I got on at Ashington College) I managed to get a flappy seat.

For a very busy service that runs on a 15 minute frequency, they allocate a MPD. This was not at peak time. This was at 11 in the morning on a Tuesday. God knows how it would be like a couple of hours before.

On return, an ALX400, I caught a glimpse of who was on allocations. Yes, Mr Allo Cator. Renowned for allocating rather small vehicles onto busy routes.

Later in the day, I was returning from Asda. The supervisor who I speak to sometimes was there so I made my way across. There was Mr Allo Cator talking about how they should put the 35 on minibus rotas.

I was not very happy with this experience. I was travelling solo. I wouldn't have liked to have been with my mam and a pram.