Had a recent one way grice out on the buses.
Wasn't in any particular rush, so made a 'game' of it as I have done in the past.
As the trip was only in one direction, I needed to vary the rules a bit.
This rule meant that I wasn't allowed to use the same type of vehicle or manufacturer. Quite difficult with the lack of choice or variety round here!
Whilst on the trip, I started thinking about some of the poor connections around Co Durham - specifically South East Durham.
GNE sort of wiggle their fingers around meekly at it. A bit like when you fish out food remnants from the plug
ANE get their fingers really dirty, but don't offer many different options, other than South East out of Durham - then North East towards the coast.
There's the X21 and X22, but again, it's north east towards Peterlee from Sedgefield.
The orange indicates (as the crow flies) the current cross county network.
The blue indicates the potential for a north/south service of sorts.
Anyway, the trip went really well. Only one duplicate manufacturer (gutted to see a Temsa on the following X3/X4 board), otherwise it would have been a clean sweep!
X4 (Streetlite), X12 (Pulsar), X21 (MAN), 55 (Citaro), X20 (Solo).
Not exciting, but certainly better than the monotony of the A19 and an X9 or X10! Spend enough time on that road in the car.
If I'd done this trip a few months back, it would have all been X type services. Although apart from the X4, there's not much express about any of the services.