(25 Mar 2016, 12:18 am)GMitchelhill wrote Aye that was me. Had been to Rainton at around 0830 for the Metrocity. We then went to Jarrow to grab a photo of a friend driving the 27, whilst heading into Jarrow we noticed that Green Mountain had their new Merc on the Pedestrian Tunnel Shuttle, so after leaving Jarrow we went to the North End of the Tyne Tunnel. This was followed by a quick visit to Percy Main then up to Whitley Bay for the Metro Replacements, was talking to another enthusiast that I hadn't seen for a long while. Left Whitley Bay 11:10 and headed to Walker fo the Asda Bus, then headed up to Hexham via a petrol station. About 2 hours was spent in Hexham before me and my friend headed to Newborough, Gisland, Haltwhistle and then Alston.
Sounds like a good day, Was your friend the one driving the B10? I heard him talking about 9104 while I got a photograph of the B10 ( too tired to look at the photos and check the fleetnumber ) funnily enough I ended up around Walker/Byker for the Asda Shuttle too. I mostly followed your path the whole morning.