(Yesterday, 9:10 am)Brampton Trev wrote Maybe it was Hexham and other schools finishing early, e.g lunchtime, which would catch a Slatyford westbound working at lunchtime - normally the Carlisle based bus at afternoon schools out time is a full double decker.
Or simply more people out shopping.
Could be, they’ve gone back to having 26291 and 26293 on today surprised by that, I’d have thought double deckers again today with it being a busy weekend