(23 May 2021, 7:07 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Are the 19 and 434 good services to Ashington? Is the 434 a contracted service? I'd like to go to Ashington some time. Maybe 309 to Blyth, then 434 to Ashington or maybe 309/310 to Cobalt and the 19 to Ashington. How good are the connections between the 19, 309 and 434? To get back I'd need a 19 to Cobalt and then a 309 back to Newcastle. Quite complicated to get to and from Ashington!

When I come to Newcastle next week I shall use route 19, possibly linking Ashington with North Shields although it is of course a long ride.  As I don't know the other villages served by route 434 I do not intend to include that route.