(10 Jan 2021, 4:18 pm)mb134 wrote I don't have a huge issue with them going to take pictures, if they live locally and it can be done on their daily exercise, or if they're driving nearby and pop past.
I think a larger problem is what happens when they go out into service. With things like Bustimes and even the GNE app showing what buses are on what service each day, it is easier than ever to see when stuff is being put into service. I would hope that folk are sensible, but its the NE enthusiast scene so that hope is likely misplaced - coaches full of window lickers on "essential" round trips from Newcastle to Middlesbrough coming up...
But it's not as if the coaches are only a temporary allocation, they're there for the foreseeable. There's no rush like there was during the first lockdown with allocations being all over the place.
As much as I like having a play on the buses, I try to at least plan things I need to do into it and not just go out to try out a new bus. I even waited a good few weeks before trying out the new 6 Cylinder StreetDeck!