(08 Jul 2018, 7:52 pm)makem1 wrote Not exactly going to show the North East in the best light with all the second hand buses in different liveries running park and ride, have they even been internally cleaned
Yes, they've been cleaned. Most are in pretty good condition internally - suspect it's not long since they've last had a re-trim in London.
Externally having all of the different liveries isn't the best, but little in the way that Go North East could do to get them all repainted in time. They are low-cost budget buses bought for a very specific purpose. It would have added a lot of extra cost in to have them all repainted etc before Tall Ships.