Not a stalking vehicle as much as a migrating one. I came across one-off GNE E300 SN04EGF intermittently in my teen years when I had mates around Washington. I moved to Manchester 10 years ago and eventually ended up in Moston where it cropped up again taking me to work under ownership of Bluebird and eventually Stagecoach.

I also lived in South Manchester for a bit and commuted into town with Finglands, occasionally on an ex London B7 which eventually ended up under GNE operation. Never caught one back in the NE but funny how things come back around.