(24 Apr 2016, 9:45 pm)GMitchelhill wrote I have to say, I think that has got to be the best Teesside Running Day that I've attended.
Even though things were going wrong, people were happy, the atmosphere was good. There was a great variety of vehicles attending and all vehicles I travelled on were a credit to their owners / operators. And was great chatting to various other enthusiasts.
My day consisted of....
Stagecarriage Omnidekka from Transporter to Stockton via Acklam. The thing went like a train, John has done a lot of tweaking to it to make it better. And myself doing a silly pose at the front in Stockton when I saw Jimmy setting up his shot, did you actually see me do it as you took the photo or did you only discover it when you downloaded your camera lol.
Newcastle Atlantean PDR1 221PVK from Stockton to Transporter
Black Prince Prisma from Transporter to Yarm and return.
Lee Garetts fantastic Bristol RE from Transporter to Stockton via the loop around Billingham
West Yorkshire Leyland Leopard from Stockton to Transporter.
Barrow Leyland Atlantean from Transporter to Stockton
Transit VR from Stockton to Transporter.
Don't think I noticed until I looked at the photo on the camera when I boarded the OmniDekka.
I did the following:
Stagecarriage - OmniDekka YN03DFC: Stockton - Transporter (via I don't know where!).
Black Prince - Prisma N577EUG: Transporter - Transporter (via Stockton, Yarm then direct via the A19).
Stagecarriage - OmniDekka YN03DFC: Transporter - Boro Bus Station (only rode this twice as I wanted the toilet and some lunch, Scott was driving this journey).
Newcastle Corporation Transport - Leyland Atlantean 221JVK: Boro Bus Station - Transporter (before boarding this I spied Dan eating McDonalds - shock!
)South Shields Busways - Leyalnd Atlantean SCN268S: Transporter - Stockton.
Stagecarriage - Volvo Olympian R833OVN: Stockton - Transporter (via Billingham and Stockton again, I quite liked this bus).
Stagecarriage - Volvo Olympian R833OVN: Transporter - Boro Bus Station (was the last bus to the bus station, was going to get the train home but decided against it when I discovered the train was 25 minutes late).
Not the best variety but I had fun, would have liked the United Bristol RE but sadly it was avoiding me today, fortunately I rode it at Seaburn last year and it is a fantastic machine!