4649 (or 4644) has to be my least favourite Omnicity, I get it on the X66 everytime without fail usually. It sounds awful, it seems to be the worst for battered panels etc. inside. It was terrible the day I had it one the 8 from Spennymoor - Aycliffe especially on hills.
Might as well give a brief account of my journeys this afternoon.
1323 7 Newton Aycliffe - Harrowgate Hill Roundabout (ANE 1513)
1348 X66 Harrowgate Hill Roundabout - Stockton (ANE 4649)
1435ish X66 Stockton - Middlesbrough (ANE 4643)
1632 X66 Middlesbrough - Darlington (ANE 4643)
1800 5 Darlington - Newton Aycliffe (ANE 1426)
First I had an Enviro 400 fly straight past running 15 minutes late displaying "Private Charter" so had to get the next bus which unfortunately had to be a Pulsar and pretty much the only seat available was the one behind the drivers cab. Fortunately a fair few got off at Aycliffe Town Centre.
Got the X66 which was on-time but when we got to Great Burdon another X66 came up behind us and all the passengers on the bus behind got transferred onto ours which meant I ended up being sandwiched between three other passengers which caused a lack of leg room which made my knees hurt so I alighted at Stockton because of the pain.
Got 4643 to Middlesbrough, annoyingly 1105 appeared on the 7 just after I jumped on the X66.
After spending time in Middlesbrough I got 4643 back to Darlington Town Centre as I needed the loo and hung around in the hope that either 4654 or 4658 would appear on the X75, thankfully 4654 did so I got a photo, unfortunately as it ran 5 minutes later than I thought plus it was a minute or two late I missed the 7.
Got 1426 on the 5 and service takes FAR TOO LONG!!! to get to Newton Aycliffe! Two people boarded along North Road and said we should have got a taxi about a million times and moaned everytime the bus stopped for various reasons waiting time, traffic lights etc. It was annoying, I wanted to shout at them saying "WELL I WISH YOU DID GET A TAXI, THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU!" obviously I didn't, but was certainly thinking it.
Mixed day today, also I have a cold at the moment which is annoying.
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