(17 Jul 2016, 3:43 pm)Jimmi wrote In my opinion, it really wasn't up to much. There was somewhere between 12-15 buses in attendance with Go North East bringing four (IndiGo North Tyne, Castles Express, Red Arrows and a Tynedale Links MPD), Stanley Travel brought their Leyland Tiger/Plaxton Paramount B10STX and the rest was just the usual mix of preserved stuff. I suppose this is the issue when you attend all the North East rallies, you see the same things at each one. There was a few people walking along the front who had a quick look at the buses and the odd enthusiast about but it wasn't owt spectacular in the way of numbers.
It's not well advertised. It was put out once by the organisers on social media, and at quarter to 10 on a Friday night at that. The post received one reaction, so they'll have not boosted it either.
There were only 9 vehicles listed for attendance on the website, as oppose to 22(?) I count having attended last year. I'd not expect much more than 15, but I think that'd be a minimum you'd expect to see, otherwise the small site still looks bare.