(21 Aug 2014, 8:47 am)GuyParkRoyal wrote My trip to Cumbria yesterday:
0544 #21 Chester le Street – Newcastle (GNE 6063).
0635 #85 Newcastle – Carlisle (ANE 4664).
0932 #508 Carlisle – Windermere (SCNL 34718).
1146 #800 Windermere – Ambleside (SCNL 22121). This was the late running 11.33 service as a result of traffic congestion.
1210 #599 Ambleside – Grasmere (SCNL 17013).
1250 #599 Grasmere – Ambleside (SCNL 17221).
1328 # 555 Ambleside – Keswick (SCNL 18326).
1430 #77 Keswick – Seatoller (SCNL 47474).
1550 #78 Seatoller – Keswick (SCNL 17217).
1735 #554 Keswick – Carlisle (SCNL 16650).
1907 #685 Carlisle – Newcastle (ANE 4661).
2140 #21 Newcastle – Chester le Street (GNE 6058).
Sounds like a great trip! Shame you didn't get on a B10M though, my main aim for when I go over the weekend.
The 77 is a beautiful route though. Out of interest, what was the other working on the 78, it seems to be a Olympian recentley.
Also, are the still doing the £4 child explorer?