(28 Nov 2015, 11:18 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Sounds like a nice, if hurried, day out. We've only done the Durham-Hartlepool route once. It's a really nice route, but with some bits that were a bit tight for the Pulsar that had been put on the service. (Three phone reception is also dire!) I can see how it would feel much better on a Solo.
TBH, getting off a stop early for Shipcote on the 21 doesn't give you too much of a walk, but it's nice to be in the right place if you're somewhere you don't know so well.
The X9 is great, if you can get a seat!
I do have to admit, that it was more of a rush than I usually like when I'm out and about, but the girls were adamant that we were going to be back in time for the match as they didn't want to miss it, and to a similar extent neither did I.
The largest bus I've been on when using the 57A previously was one of the R-COO Darts, although I can imagine a pulsar being tight round there as my dad made similar remarks last time he used it.
I do like using the X9 to travel home, due to the speed of it getting to Peterlee for me to change buses to head home, so if I decide on that, I'm normally stood waiting 15 minutes before it's due in. Failing that, I'll get a Metro down to Park Lane and then travel back that way.