A while ago I was leaving Haltwhistle to travel to Corbridge and got a lift as far as Haydon Bridge.
Before Haydon Bridge we passed the Arriva 685 broken down in a layby.
No bus had arrived an hour later (it had crashed in Carlisle).
Eventually nearly two hours late the replacement for the broken-down 685 arrived, having been sent out from Carlisle to pick up the stranded passengers and convey them onwards.
Whereas previously Arriva would have 'serviced' from Hexham it now has to be Carlisle or Jesmond.
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