Today had an outing with the other half to Consett and back via Hexham and Newcastle, times are what is on the tickets.
11:42 10 Prudhoe Waterworld - Hexham Bus Station (GNE 6079)
Parked my car at Prudhoe Waterworld as I didn't fancy driving to Consett due to being market day on a Saturday.
12:42 689 Hexham Bus Station - Consett Bus Station (GNE 644)
As I have said before this is one of GNE's nicer routes they have. Got off at Consett Bus Station at around 13:35 and we went to Barry's Bargain Store as this is why we went here. Then we went back to the bus station and were planning on waiting around half an hour for the 689 to return to Hexham, but the 45 was waiting at the stand.
13:56 45 Consett Bus Station - Ebchester St Ebbas Way (GNE 5417)
This was quite busy but we managed to get a seat together, which I found quite comfortable. We were planning on getting this to Rowlands Gill and change to the 47 to High Spen and change to the 11 but after looking through the the timetables thought it be too much hassle so we got off at Ebchester and waited for the 689.
14:37 689 Ebchester St Ebbas Way - Hexham Hospital (GNE 644)
Got this back to Hexham after a 20 minute wait and alighted at the hospital as we wanted to go into M&S which is behind Hexham Hospital, but they didn't have what we went for so we decided to go to Newcastle. Nearly missed the stop as NSA's weren't working on 644 (were working on the way to Consett on the same bus) and I thought the bus stop was after the hospital.
15:38 85 Hexham Bus Station - Newcastle Eldon Square (ANE 4662)
We were going to get the Tynedale Xpress to Newcastle but the 85 turned up earlier so we got this to Newcastle. Was surprised that this particular OmniCity has leather seats as I don't travel on Arriva buses much. We got to Newcastle Eldon Square and alighted and went to M&S and they had what we wanted so we then went back to the bus station as we wanted to get out of Newcastle before the football match finished.
16:37 10B Newcastle Eldon Square - Prudhoe Waterworld (GNE 6072)
Got this back and the wifi wasn't working in Newcastle city centre but started working once we got to Ryton, but as my phone has a good signal I didn't see the point as we were nearly home. Got off at Prudhoe Waterworld and returned home.
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