Had a run out to North Shields 25/05 with the other half as we wanted to check where Parks Leisure Centre was as i am going there on Saturday for ScreenCon which is being held there. Times are what is displayed on the tickets.
10:05 10 Prudhoe Waterworld - Ryton Co-Op (GNE 3964)
Wasn't impressed with this one, out of the red B7's they use for the 10 route spares this is by far my least favourite of the fleet. Makes a right noise. Decided to get off at Ryton and change to a branded TEN bus.
10:23 10A Ryton Co-Op - Eldon Square Bus Station (GNE 6071)
As we waited along came 6071 running on 10A to greet us which we boarded to get to Newcastle. We sat in our usual default seat above the driver. This was a lot quieter on board the 10 which was quite busy. We alighted at Eldon Square Bus Station and headed to Haymarket Bus Station.
11:13 310 Haymarket Bus Station - North Shields, Rudyerd Street (GNE 6109)
This arrived at Haymarket at about 12 mins past 11. I guess this was the late running 11am as we got further away from Newcastle City Centre I spotted what was the 11:30 coming the other way which was on a red spare. Didn't catch. The fleet number as I was on the phone at the time. Not too bad a journey coming out of Newcastle but not too interesting after that as most of it was housing estates. We then alighted at Rudyerd Street in North Shields and waited for the 9.
12:16 9 North Shields, Rudyerd Street - Park Lane Interchange (GNE 5249)
Was expecting a Solar to come which I am not too much of a fan of (except for the Tynedale Xpress Solar's) but to my delight 5249 showed up which I rarely travel on so made a nice change. We sat on the four seaters on the near side at the back due to having a large case as the other half has been staying at my place all week. This wasn't too bad of a journey before the Tyne Tunnel which was nice to go through as I haven't been through here in years. The rest of the journey south of the Tyne was a bore fest, with it being mainly housing estates. Didn't pick up again until we got into Sunderland city centre. We alighted at Park Lane Interchange with the intention of getting the 2/2A or 8 to Washington.
13:31 2A Park Lane Interchange - Washington Galleries (GNE 8319)
As it was due first we got the 2A to Washington. Preferred to get this as I don't travel on Versa's too much and wanted to sample some variety of buses. We sat on the back seat due to needing space for the case. Nice journey to Washington with passing such places as Penshaw Monument along the way with the only annoyance being stuck behind a learner driver going under the speed limit between Penshaw and Biddick. We alighted at The Gallieries and walked to Albany to drop the case off at her house.
14:38 4 Albany, Albany Way - Concord Bus Station (GNE 5368)
We walked up to the bus stop on Albany Way and got the 4 to Concord Bus Station. This was quite busy but we managed to get a seat for the short journey to Concord.
14:53 56 Concord Bus Station - Gateshead Interchange (GNE 6096)
After waiting for around 10 mins 6096 showed up which was around 4 mins late. Nice to have a change to the usual X1 route which I normally get to Newcastle, with going through Donwell first before Springwell Village. Emma's voice kept cutting off next stops mid sentence on the NSA's on this bus on occasion but not constantly. We alighted at Gateshead Interchange as we wanted to go to Iceland for a bit of shopping and Subway as we hadn't eaten all day. We then headed back to the bus station.
15:46 X21 Gateshead Interchange - Eldon Square Bus Station (GNE 6304)
We boarded 6304 and sat upstairs above the driver like we usually do when available. This was a nice quick journey to Eldon Square Bus Station.
16:16 10B Eldon Square Bus Station - Prudhoe Waterworld (GNE 6081)
After waiting in Eldon Square Bus Station for a while due to the 10 being quite busy so we waited for the next 10B, we boarded 6081 for our return journey to Prudhoe.
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