(27 Apr 2014, 7:48 am)Dan wrote I'm travelling free of charge via the world again today. Journey plan detailed below:
0817 #35B Newcastle Road to Park Lane (0823) - GNE 5303
0842 #24 Sunderland to Durham (1007) - ANE 1461
1031 #7 Durham to Darlington (1132) - ANE 1514
1208 #X66 Darlington to Stockton (1239) - ANE 4801
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1455 #X66 Middlesbrough to Darlington (1538) - ANE 4810
1628 #21 Darlington to Peterlee (1749) - ANE 4802
1758 #24 Peterlee to Sunderland (1837) - ANE 1464
1845 Metro Park Lane to Stadium of Light (1850) - T&WM 4037
Thoroughly enjoyable day. 1461/64 were a lot better than 1468 which I had to endure yesterday. I was very impressed with Sapphire: the driver was enthusiast-friendly (he gave me a wave as he came into Durham Bus Station), he greeted every passenger as they boarded the vehicle, he said 'Hope you have a nice day', 'Goodbye' (and other words to that effect) as passengers alighted the vehicle, and his only major downfall was the fact he kept on scraping the bus off kerbs. Think he must have done it circa 6 times on the entire journey.
Also loved the EcoCitys too. I found that 4801 and 4810 were quite cold but I moved to the back of 4802 and it was boiling. To make everything even better, I found a £2 coin on the back seat!
Was great to go to Darlington again as it's something I haven't done since August 2013 when Go North East withdrew their OK1 service. Bit quieter on Sundays but the fact I got photographs of the EcoCitys on lots of different services to what they would usually be found on made the situation better.
(27 Apr 2014, 10:53 am)Tom wrote Oh no! Forgot about that
Was rather dead this year - you didn't miss much.