(16 Dec 2012, 2:47 pm)W179SCU wrote I am thinking of coming up to Sunderland on Sunday. Is there anything different?

Apart from a decreased frequency of some services and the withdrawal of others, nope!
You tend to see Versas work the 60 AND 61 instead of the usual "Northern" vehicle on the 61 [because the 38/38A/38B have stolen all of the "Drifter" branded Cadets]... Not much interesting really.
Stagecoach tend to have all of their Enviros out and not many ALX300s see the roads.