(22 Feb 2016, 7:28 pm)Andreos1 wrote Haven't really had a chance to get this typed up before now.
I think I have mentioned before that my job has given me the opportunity to sample all sorts of stuff around the country.
Apart from the odd bash here and there and using the bus for a purpose, I hadn't had that many of what I would call 'a proper ride out' up here in the NE for a while.
So I decided to buy a 3zone+ and hammer it to shreds.
There were no rules... Apart from the following:
* To have a ride on routes I hadn't sampled before.
* To finish off routes I hadn't completed before (either in a oner or in sections).
* To not jump on and off, travelling back and forth on different services, just to get haulage.
* To not visit the same town/interchange more than once.
The day started off well and I got some decent miles on the clock.
As the day progressed, I realised that on each of the services I used - it was a different vehicle type.
So the list of rules were added to!
* I wasn't to use the same vehicle type twice. Which was going to be difficult if I wanted to get home.
It was quite a successful day.
I got two brands ticked off.
I managed to complete three routes completely in one go.
I managed to add to two routes that I had used previously - one being completed and the other 2/3 finished as opposed to the initial 1/3.
I managed to ride (in no particular order): Citaro, B9, Streetlite, Ex-London President, Omnicity, Omnidekka, Solo SR, Solar and a B5 Hybrid.
Unfortunately, due to the cold weather and tiredness setting in, I gave up and got on my second Merc of the day and head home, rather than extend the day.
I was hoping for a Loylne, native President or Olympian when up in the Derwentside area. I didn't quite manage it though.
We'd be stuffed with the vehicle type rule, unless we caught the local Scarlet band service as well as our usual 22, at either end of our journey. Or got lucky with a non-Streetlite 22 - and hadn't already ridden on a Pulsar. We ended up on 5 different Pulsars, the other week, when we did a tour of Arrivaland.