(31 May 2021, 10:56 pm)Storx wrote I'm not sure what your plans are but I'd probably do

Newcastle -> Blyth -> Ashington -> North Shields in that order. There's no direct bus between North Shields and Blyth so you'll be doing 2 buses or using the Metro.

It all connects quite nicely aswell

10:21 to Blyth (309) in at 11:26
11:42 to Ashington (Arriva 1) in at 12:19
12:30 to North Shields (19) in at 14:00

14:10 to Jarrow (319) in at 14:22

Seen you mention it in the GCT thread. Add hours on or off it's the same every hour until about 2pm.

Thank you for this suggestion.  This is remarkably imaginative, considering that you have combined my ideas from 2 different threads.  My current intention though is to do Ashington & Blyth on a different day from South Shields & Jarrow.

I have seen that routes 19 & 309 meet at Cobalt Park, Procter & Gamble.  However, I agree with the suggestion of including the Metro, which I probably will from Northumberland Park to Whitley Bay.