(22 Jan 2017, 2:06 am)South Tyne Lad wrote Ah right, Not a bad little job to do for the day.

Doubt i'll be up at Stanley anytime past 1800 though, So I'll have to try and find you on a rare daytime outing!

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I go through Gateshead every day, but 9/10 times it's just passing. Eldon Square at Night (A picture S813SVK linked of the 57 citaro on 10s - I was behind whoever was taking it 😛. I have taken quite a few there at night. Metrocentre as mentioned at night is also good.

I can't actually say where the best place is. I could give you my timetable (I do 1 of 3 things. Last Newcastle leave 6 (2000 and 2315 Newcastle leaves), last V7 (1845 and 2200 Newcastle leaves) or 2030 Newcastle leave). Sometimes do 45/45Es too. However, you will never see me on 15s - ever - or those alien chester drivers in their broken streetlites on the 8/78a. 78a is possible, though.

As you can see, it's almost impossible to pin point me. Even with this info I'm confident you won't see me without waiting at newcastle every night at 2000 to see if the same person crops up on the 6 in and out 😛

I do like helping with allocations myself when I can get mesell up consett/stanley at day time, but it's easy to get lost in it all. I was once standing with three boards - 7/8/9 - because two drivers had left with no board (I really don't know how) and then I had no idea which the third bus belonged to. One of the drivers was finished, but this doesn't help when the boards are for the buses - NOT shifts. It's not a human task to be honest. You need a computer to properly do the job. Sometimes there are up to 15 vehicles at Stanley park, 7 of which are taxis, two of which are unboarded buses to regulate. No sane human can remember what 15 boards belong to. Most of the time it's a case of letting the driver figure out what to do - but that has ended up with a driver taking two boards with him due to a taxi swap over where the bus pulled off didn't receive the taxi board from the taxi. It's hard to personally mess up, but troublesome if you have more than just three vehicles to help with.

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